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BOSTON 
COLLEGE 


WINTER  1985 


U   . 


THOMAS  P.  O'NEILL,  JR.  LIBRARY 


ALSO  IN  THIS  ISSUE:  That  championship  season,  The  Emerson  controversy 


*\    \ 


Anthony  LaCamera  '34,  noted 
Boston  television  critic  and  a 
member  of  this  magazine's  Editorial 
Advisory  Board,  died  on  Nov.  19  at 
age  70. 

During  30  years  as  TV  columnist 
for  the  Evening  American  and  Herald 
American,  Tony  was  known  for  no- 
nonsense  prose — newspaper  readers, 
he  believed,  wanted  reporters  to  get 
to  the  point  fast — for  sharp  humor, 
and  for  a  principled  and  high- 
minded  approach  to  the  medium. 
When  people  called  Tony  "The 
Dean  of  American  TV  Critics," 
they  did  not  mean  he  was  the 
wisest — though  that  may  well  have 
been  the  case — but  that  long  before 
anyone  else,  he  was  treating  televi- 
sion not  as  a  fluky  electric 
vaudeville,  but  as  an  artform  that 
could  be  held  to  the  highest 
standards. 

Today,  of  course,  no  serious  critic 
examines  television  for  a  living 
except  on  those  terms,  however 
heretical  they  may  have  seemed  in 
1948  when  Tony  sat  down  to  write 
the  first  of  some  8,000  columns;  and 
Tony's  prescience,  as  well  as  his 
formidable  production,  were 
recognized  by  his  peers  in  1983  with 
an  Emmy  award  "for  significant 
and  outstanding  contribution  to 
television." 

Tony's  attitude  as  a  columnist 
sprang  from  the  heart  of  what  he 
was — keen-sighted,  funny,  spirited, 
loyal  to  friends,  family  and  his 
principles. 

He  knew  what  he  thought,  and 
said  what  he  thought.  "Our  hap- 
piness and  security,"  he  wrote  of 
his  classmates  and  himself  in  a  50th 
reunion  report  in  last  summer's 
magazine,  "derived  from  such  'old 
values'  as  faith,  marriage,  family, 
work."  He  lived  and  worked  by 
those  values  and  in  recent  years  saw 
much  that  he  did  not  like  in  what 
he  called  "the  icons  of  pop 
culture."  As  reported  in  this 
magazine  last  spring,  he  made  his 
point  in  no  uncertain  terms  when 
he  was  guest  speaker  at  the  1984 
Latarae  Sundav  breakfast.  He  was 


no  curmudgeon,  however.  When 
the  magazine  staff  presented  him 
with  a  Michael  Jackson  poster 
shortly  afterwards,  he  could  not 
have  been  more  delighted. 

Tony,  in  fact,  delighted  in  human 
beings  and  in  all  we  do.  He  was  a 
gossip  and  listener  of  the  first  rank. 
He  loved  people  for  their  frailties 
and  quirks,  as  much  as  for  their 
strengths.  He  could  rail  like  Isaiah 
(but  funnier)  against  Michael 
Jackson  or  the  use  of  the  term 
"Italian  mobster"  in  this  magazine, 
but  it  was  slipshod  ideas  and  work 
that  he  opposed,  not  persons.  And 
so  he  was  an  exemplary  critic  who 
remained  a  happy  and  beloved 
man. 

I  never  read  a  LaCamera  col- 
umn. I  came  to  Boston  shortly  after 
Tony  retired  and  only  began  to 
know  him  some  three  years  ago, 
shortly  before  I  became  BCM 
editor.  In  that  period  of  time,  feel- 
ing the  touch  of  his  consummate 
critical  and  human  abilities,  and 
witnessing  his  brave  struggle  against 
a  mortal  disease,  I  came  to  admire 
and  love  him.  As  he  was  a  man  who 
found  it  easy  to  love,  so  was  he  a 
man  easy  to  love.  I  will  miss  him. 
The  magazine  and  the  board  he 
served  so  well  will  miss  his 
contributions. 

It  never  rains  but  it  pours.  Two 
University  events  of  historical 
significance  took  place  in  recent 
months  and  receive  considerable  at- 
tention in  this  issue  of  the 
magazine.  A  report  on  the  magnifi- 
cent Thomas  P.  O'Neill,  Jr. 
Library,  dedicated  in  October, 
begins  on  page  24. 

Rumor  has  it,  as  well,  that 
representatives  of  Boston  College 
participated  in  some  sort  of  New 
Year's  Day  pageant  in  Dallas, 
Texas.  Our  investigation  of  that 
rumor  is  to  be  found  beginning  on 
page  16. 


BOSTON 
COLLEGE 

magazine 

Winter  1985         Volume  XLIV  Number  1 


Director  of  Communications 
Paul  J.  Hennessy 

Editor 

Ben  Birnbaum 

Senior  designer 
Susan  Callaghan  '76 

Designer 
Jan a  Spacek 

Photographer 
Lee  Pellegrini 

Student  photographer 
Mary  Beth  Henderson  '85 

Alumni  editor 
Alicia  Ianiere  '80 

Contributing  writers:  Paulette 
Boudreaux;  Patricia  Delaney  '80;  Gail 
Jennes:  Dana  Narramore  '78;  Douglas 
Whiting  '78;  Tom  Zambito  '85 

Publications  assistant 
Rosanne  Lafiosca  '83 

Undergraduate  editor 
Geri  Murphy  '85 

Communications  secretary 
Carol  Krohmcr 

Editorial  board:  James  Bowditch,  professor  of 
organizational  studies;  David  H.  Gill,  SJ,  '56, 
director  of  A&S  honors  program;  Paul  J.  Hen- 
nessy; Alicia  Ianiere;  John  Mahoney  '50, 
MA  '52,  professor  of  English;  Ben  Bimbaum; 
Geri  Murphy  '85;  James  McGahay  '63,  senior 
development  officer;  Brian  McNiff  '59; 
Margaret  Monahan  '81;  John  F.  Wissler  '57, 
executive  director,  Alumni  Association. 

Boston  College  Magazine  is  published  four  times 
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Support  of  Education  (CASE). 

Opinions  expressed  in  Boston  College  Magazine 
are  those  of  the  individual  authors  and  do  not 
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educational  and  employment  opportunities 
regardless  of  sex,  marital  or  parental  status, 
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ferings, counseling  and  testing,  financial 
assistance,  health  and  insurance  services,  and 
athletics. 


9        The  new  Bapst 

by  Doug  Whiting 

Closed  since  July,  the  grand  old  lady  of  Linden  Lane  is 
expected  to  emerge  from  renovations  next  January  as,  in  part, 
a  fitting  home  for  the  BC  Library's  greatest  treasures. 

1 2      Emerson 

by  John  McAleer 

The  author  of  a  new,  unorthodox  and  admired  biography  of 
the  Sage  of  Concord  examines  America's  love-hate  affair  with 
the  man  who  has  been  called  the  "New  England  Plato"  and 
"the  last  man  on  earth  to  invite  to  a  picnic." 

16  That  championship  season 

by  Doug  Whiting 

The  '67  Red  Sox.  The  Orr-led  Bruins. 
There  are  times  when  an  athletic  season 
becomes,  in  fact  and  in  memory, 
something  more.  The  football  season 
past,  replete  with  Heisman,  Flutiemania, 
The  Pass  that  Beat  Miami  and  the  Cot- 
ton Bowl,  was  such  a  transcendent  event. 

21      Me  and  Doug 

by  Paul  Doherty 

He  is  a  genuine  American  hero — well-spoken,  brave,  cor- 
dial, intelligent,  spirited,  handsome  (but  not  too)  and,  of 
course,  immensely  skilled  at  football.  How  pleased  we  were  to 
stand  within  the  bright  circle  of  his  universe.  A  member  of  the 
English  faculty  offers  his  reflections  on  the  Flutie  years. 

24      ■■MtfWWI   The  O'Neill 

by  Paulette  Boudreaux 

It's  beautiful,  commodious,  comfortable, 
a  pleasure  to  use,  and,  with  the  possible 
exception  of  the  football  Eagles,  has  been 
the  year's  biggest  hit  on  campus.  It's  the 
Thomas  P.  O'Neill,  Jr.  Research 
Library,  and  it's  changing  Boston 
College. 

Departments 

2    PERSPECTIVE 
4    LETTERS 
6    ON  CAMPUS 
35  PEOPLE 

37  ALUMNOTES 

38  CLASSES 


Cover  photo  by  Steve  Rosenthal 
Back  cover  photo  by  Jet  Photo 


Bill  Flynn,  left,  with  Fr.  Monan  and  Coach  Jack  Bicknell  in  the  Cotton  Bowl. 


Thank  you,  Mr.  Flynn 

by  George  V.  Higgins 

Editor's  Note:  The  following  originally 
appeared  in  The  Wall  Street  Journal 
under  the  title,    "That  Championship 
Season.  ' 

The  subjects  of  today's  lesson  in- 
clude Boston  College  and  television. 
Your  correspondent  fashions  opin- 
ions about  television  from  a  dispas- 
sionate position  of  Olympian  eleva- 
tion, but  as  an  alumnus  of  BC  ad- 
mits to  an  affection  unconducive  to 
detachment  and  cool  exercise  of 
judgment  where  the  college's  for- 


tunes are  concerned.  Thanks  to 
court  decisions  invalidating  NCAA 
limitations  on  the  number  of 
appearances  by  any  given  school  on 
the  devil  box,  the  college  football 
season  that  concluded  New  Year's 
Day  with  the  telecast  of  BC's  45-28 
Cotton  Bowl  victory  over  the 
University  of  Houston  provided  to 
New  England  partisans  like  me  nine 
home  viewing  opportunities  out  of 
12  games  played.  Since  the  only  one 
I  missed  was  the  Army  game  (I 
went  to  that),  I  am  pretty  nearly 
worn  out  and  perhaps  not  to  be 
trusted. 


Nevertheless,  in  all  of  the 
national  bemusement  achieved  by 
the  remarkably  felicitous  combina- 
tion of  television's  insatiable  ap- 
petite for  exciting  sports  program- 
ming with  Douglas  Flutie's  all-but- 
inexhaustible  prowess  for  creating 
excitement  on  the  football  field 
(epitomized,  of  course,  by  The  Pass 
that  beat  Miami,  47-45,  on  the  day 
after  Thanksgiving),  the  more 
enduring  significance  of  the  synergy 
has  gone  unremarked. 

Much  more  than  32  football 
games  (against  16  losses  and  one 
tie)  have  been  won  by  Boston  Col- 
lege since  Coach  Jack  Bicknell 


arrived  from  Maine  four  years  ago 
to  take  command  of  a  demoralized 
team  facing  a  major-league  schedule 
arranged  years  before  a  dismal  0-1  1 
season.  When  Mr.  Bicknell  took 
charge  of  the  squad  that 
included  an  undersized  quarterback 
from  Natick,  Mass.,  whom  no  other 
school  had  much  wanted,  abundant 
evidence  suggested  he  was  joining  a 
disaster  in  progress  (superficially  a 
fairly  reasonable  move,  considering 
his  18-35-1  record  after  five  years  at 
the  University  of  Maine). 

The  architect  of  that  disaster, 
according  to  increasingly  loud  mur- 
murs, had  been  Athletic  Director 
Bill  Flynn  (BC,  '39).  A  good  20 
years  before  Mr.  Bicknell's  appoint- 
ment, Mr.  Flynn  had  summarily 
rejected  prevailing  wisdom  ap- 
plicable to  intercollegiate  football 
competition,  declaring  in  substance 
and  effect  that  he  was  not  interested 
in  decisions  by  Georgetown,  Ford- 
ham  and  Villanova  to  withdraw 
from  the  expensive  frays.  Mr.  Flynn 
declared  that  aggressive  scheduling 
and  recruitment  would  in  time 
transform  BC's  team  from  a  dis- 
abling drain  on  university  finances 
into  a  cash  cow  that  would  improve 
them,  while  simultaneously  aiding 
BC's  quest  for  national  renown. 

There  being  no  evidence  to  sup- 
port an  inference  that  Mr.  Flynn  is 
gifted  with  extraordinary  prescience 
and  thus  anticipated  the  cosmic 
coincidence  of  the  court  decisions 
opening  up  TV  opportunities,  the 
arrival  of  Mr.  Flutie,  and  the 
masterly  timing  of  The  Pass  that 
beat  Miami  and  acquainted  every 
corner  of  the  nation  with  the  young 
player's  skills,  retrospection  man- 
dates the  conclusion  that  Mr. 
Flynn's  obstinate  fortitude  in  main- 
taining his  position  was  reckless  and 
misplaced.  Having  no  way  of  know- 
ing that  Mr.  Flutie's  final  year  at 
BC  would  reap  TV  receipts  bring- 


Mr.  Flynn,  it's  been  a 

lovely  season.  I  am  glad 

you  didn't  listen,  and  I'm 

glad  that  BC  won. 


ing  profits  for  his  four  years  to  near 
$8  million,  Mr.  Flynn  must  have 
persisted  in  his  decades  of  dedica- 
tion in  much  the  same  way  Mr. 
Flutie  operated  on  the  football  field: 
making  it  up  as  he  went  along, 
waiting  for  the  break. 

That  cannot  have  been  easy  for 
Mr.  Flynn.  Until  this  New  Year's, 
BC  had  not  won  a  major  bowl  game 
since  1941,  when  Tennessee  lost  to 
the  Eagles  in  the  Sugar  Bowl, 
19-13,  thus  mollifying  followers 
distressed  by  the  1940  Cotton  Bowl 
loss  to  Clemson  by  a  score  of  6-3. 
That  Sugar  Bowl  victory  on  the  eve 
of  World  War  II  marked  more  than 
the  end  of  the  Frank  Leahy  era  at 
BC  (it  is  rumored  hereabouts  that 
he  went  to  Notre  Dame).  It  also 
ushered  in  the  wartime  convulsions 
that  nearly  finished  off  BC  itself. 
When  the  students  got  drafted,  the 
tuitions  stopped.  Twenty  years 
later,  as  my  class  prepared  for 
graduation  after  four  years  that  for 
many  of  us  had  been  seasons  of  in- 
tellectual excitement  rarely  equaled 
since,  the  Rev.  William  Leonard, 
S.J.,  of  the  theology  department, 
one  springtime  evening  under  the 
trees  of  Linden  Lane  took  grateful 
note  of  all  the  fun  we'd  had  and  put 
it  in  perspective:  "This  place  almost 
went  under  during  World  War  II," 
he  said,  "I'm  very  glad  it  didn't." 

What  saved  BC  after  the  war  was 
the  GI  Bill,  when  the  veterans  came 
back  with  the  checks  to  meet  the 
overhead.  BC  is  the  product  of 
donations  made  in  coins,  not  cur- 
rency, by  immigrants.  It  had  no 
endowment.  Its  postwar  adminis- 
trators, mortgaging  the  future, 
parlayed  a  risky  edifice  complex  in- 
to the  physical  plant  that  today 
shelters  the  second-largest  student 


body  among  American  Catholic 
schools  (nearly  15,000,  slightly 
behind  Loyola  of  Chicago),  and 
confidently  depends  upon  its  reputa- 
tion for  academic  excellence  to 
attract  more  applicants  than  it  can 
accommodate.  Most  of  the  school's 
income  in  the  past  30  years  was 
plowed  back  into  that  expansion. 
Mr.  Flynn's  great  notion  was  a 
casual  incident,  important  to 
balding  Eagles  but  not  where  the 
money  went.  Alumni  such  as  I  com- 
plained that  instead  of  getting 
slaughtered  playing  Penn  State  and 
the  like,  BC  should  opt  for  Division 
IAA  and  play  a  New  England 
schedule  in  which  we  might  win 
some  games.  Bill  Flynn  paid  no 
heed. 

One  imagines  that  Christopher 
Columbus  endured  similar  volun- 
teer advisers  and  kibitzers  before  he 
set  out  to  reach  India  by  sailing  to 
the  west,  disregarding  admoni- 
tions he  could  not  succeed.  One  sur- 
mises that  Columbus  put  in  hours 
like  Bill  Flynn  suffered  B.B.  &  B.F. 
(Before  Bicknell  and  Before  Flutie), 
scolded  all  the  time.  Like  Colum- 
bus, Mr.  Flynn  was  right  for  the 
wrong  reasons,  probably,  but  he 
was  right,  by  God. 

Television  brought  Mr.  Flynn 
and  Boston  College  all  that  money. 
It  also  brought  the  fame,  which  will 
pay  for  scholarships  and  goodies  like 
the  stadia  where  BC's  next  recruits 
play  ball. 

Mr.  Flynn,  it's  been  a  lovely 
season.  I  am  glad  you  didn't  listen, 
and  I'm  glad  that  BC  won. 

George  V.  Higgins  '61,  JD'67,  is  a 
novelist,  essayist,  social  critic  and  lawyer. 
He  writes  a  column  on  television  for  The 
Wall  Street  Journal.  Reprinted  by  per- 
mission of  The  Wall  Street  Journal, 
©  Dow  Jones  &  Company,  Inc.  1985. 
All  Rights  Reserved. 


Pleasing  professions 

To  the  Editor: 

As  a  1925  alumnus  and  a  jubi- 
larian  Benedictine  monk  of  Mount 
Saviour,  I  want  to  express  my 
pleasure  over  the  professions  of 
Christian  faith  made  in  the  recent 
issue  by  two  lay  professors  of  the 
University,  Drs.  Kilpatrick  and 
Kreeft. 

One  is  not  surprised  to  read  such 
statements  coming  from  the  clergy, 
but  they  are  so  much  more  convinc- 
ing, and  moving,  when  uttered  by 
laymen.  Even  as  faculty  members  of 
a  Catholic  university,  it  took 
courage  for  those  two  to  declare 
publicly  their  adherence  to  Catholic 
Christianity  in  a  land  where  skep- 
ticism, indifference  and  agnosticism 
are  so  widespread. 

Rev.  Placid  Cormey,  O.S.B.  '25 

Pine  City,  NY 


Moved  to  write 

To  the  Editor: 

Nothing  could  prevent  me  from 
sharing  the  joy  I  experienced  from 
glimpsing  the  souls  of  two  great 
Christians  who  gave  such  authentic 
testimonies  of  their  faith.  It  was  a 
pleasure  to  be  touched  by  these  two 
Christ-like,  intelligent,  competent 
and  compassionate  teachers — Peter 
Kreeft  and  William  Kilpatrick. 

My  sincere  thanks  to  [writer] 
Dana  Narramore  for  capturing  the 
essence  of  these  two  men.  By  their 
open  and  sincere  witness  to  the 
power  of  the  Spirit  in  their  lives, 
they  have  led  each  of  us  a  little 
(loser  to  Him.  "God's  greatest 
work  on  earth  is  man;  man's  master 
art  is  the  leading  of  man  to  God." 
Boston  College  has  been  doing  this 
because  ol  its  teachers  dedicated  to 
what  is  true. 

Mary  H.  Davitt 

Delmar,  NY 


Kilpatrick' s  voice 

To  the  Editor: 

I  had  the  honor  of  being  in 
William  Kilpatrick's  psychology 
classes  during  my  years  at  Boston 
College.  I  remember  most  his  voice 
and  the  books  he  asked  us  to  read. 

His  voice  was  a  little  nervous,  in- 
viting questions.  It  made  me  feel 
that  it  was  okay  not  to  understand. 

The  books  have  had  great  impact 
on  how  I  conduct  myself. 

As  a  Jewish  person  at  a  pre- 
dominantly Catholic  school,  I 
remember  feeling  somewhat  the  out- 
sider. It  may  be  a  fact  that  Prof. 
Kilpatrick  is  deeply  involved  with 
his  Christian  faith,  but  I  didn't  feel 
smothered  in  any  way.  If  his  Chris- 
tianity affected  me,  it  was  to  make 
me  a  better  human  being. 

In  my  opinion,  the  true  act  of  a 
religious  man  is  in  the  being  and 
not  in  the  preaching.  He  never 
preached  to  me.  He  never  had  the 
voice  for  it. 

Neil  R.  Barry  '78 

Lynn,  Mass. 


Behind  the  times 

To  the  Editor: 

I'm  grateful  I  didn't  have  Profs. 
Kreeft  or  Kilpatrick  during  my 
years  at  BC. 

How  appalling  to  read  of  such 
simplistic  versions  of  Christianity! 
These  gentlemen  seem  determined 
to  march  resolutely  back  to  the 
Middle  Ages.  I  guess  that  does  take 
a  kind,  of  courage.  Unlike  them, 
most  of  the  rest  of  the  Catholic 
Church,  which  bemoaned  the 
emergence  of  the  modern  world  for 
most  of  this  century,  is  now  at  least 
trying  to  catch  up  to  the  rest  of  the 
human  race. 

One  bright  spot  in  the  article  was 
the  hint  that  most  of  Kreeft  and 
Kilpatrick's  students  do  not  take 
kindly  to  this  reactionary  preaching 


disguised  as  teaching.  Good  for 
them! 

Gene  McCreary  '65 

Penngrove,  Calif. 


The  way  we  were 

To  the  Editor: 

The  Fall  1984  issue  was  the  best 
yet.  Deserving  special  praise  was 
Chris  Mullen's  essay  on  the  O'Neill 
Library  ["A  university  of  and  by 
the  people"]. 

He  wrote,  "Over  the  years 
Boston  College  served  as  a  beacon, 
a  place  which  was  looked  to  by  the 
young  people  of  Boston's  poorer 
neighborhoods." 

I  came  from  one  of  those  neigh- 
borhoods, a  Jewish  boy  out  of  Dor- 
chester High  School  who  entered 
BC  in  1934.  After  one  year,  I  left.  I 
had  to  go  to  work.  But  over  the 
years,  the  Class  of  '37  kept  track  of 
me. 

My  son.  Rabbi  Kenneth  Block,  is 
a  1968  graduate. 

Herbert  Block 

Delray  Beach,  Fla. 


Statistical  analysis 

To  the  Editor: 

Chris  Mullen's  article,  "A  uni- 
versity of  and  by  the  people,"  did 
more  to  capture  the  essence  of 
Boston  College  than  almost  any- 
thing I  have  read  heretofore.  It  so 
moved  me,  that  I  had  copies 
distributed  to  the  Office  of 
Undergraduate  Admissions  staff. 

In  addressing  prospective 
students,  the  Admissions  staff  tries 
to  relate  fundamental  statistics 
about  the  University;  but  the  more 
difficult  job  is  to  separate  Boston 
College  from  other  very  fine  institu- 
tions by  articulating  its  spirit  and 
uniqueness;  yes,  to  suggest,  "we 
are  a  breed  apart."  And,  while  I 
believe  we  do  manage  to  share  with 


applicants  a  strong  sense  of  what 
Boston  College  represents,  I  wish 
we  all  could  impart  Chris'  message 
in  a  minute  or  two  of  dialogue. 

However,  as  I  applaud  Chris  for 
his  prize-winning  message,  I  must 
correct  his  statistical  analysis  of 
students  who  have  applied  from  the 
greater  Boston  area.  It  is  true  that 
the  number  of  commuter  applica- 
tions has  dropped  precipitously  in 
recent  years,  but  this  does  not  point 
to  a  decline  in  BC's  popularity 
among  local  students,  but  rather  to 
the  recent  trend  toward  living  on 
campus,  even  where  the  commute 
from  home  is  very  feasible. 

The  Class  of  1989,  which  we  are 
presently  assembling,  is  a  case  in 
point.  While  commuter  applications 
may  not  reach  1,000  (about  six  per- 
cent of  a  record  applicant  pool  of 
16,000),  we  expect  to  attract  ap- 
proximately 4,500  applications  from 
students  living  within  a  45-minute 
drive  of  BC.  Most,  however,  will 
apply  with  a  strong  desire  to  live  on 
campus. 

So,  as  we  appreciate  and 
acknowledge  the  history  and 
heritage  of  Boston  College,  we  look 
forward  to  contributing  to  the  pro- 
mise and  commitment  of  its  future. 
Local  students  will  always  be  central 
to  that  commitment,  whether  they 
live  on  campus  or  off. 

Charles  S.  Nolan 

Director  of  Undergraduate 
Admissions 


More  Heisman  nominees 

To  the  Editor: 

Among  the  advantages  of  attend- 
ing BC  are  the  enduring  friendships 
formed. 

An  illness  in  1983  left  me  a 
quadruple  amputee.  When,  this  past 
fall,  I  wanted  to  get  away  for  a 
weekend,  a  letter  to  my  BC  friend 
and  classmate  Edward  J.  O'Reilly 
did  the  trick.  Ed,  a  successful 
lawyer  in  Kansas  City,  got  in  touch 
with  two  classmates  and  friends, 


John  Paxton  and  George  W.  Bill- 
ings, who  took  time  out  from  their 
law  careers  to  fly  into  Kansas  City 
for  "the  18M>  year  reunion." 

Ed  met  the  Easterners  at  the  air- 
port and  drove  down  to  the 
Missouri  Ozarks  to  pick  me  up. 
Thus  assembled,  we  drove  back  to 
Kansas  City  to  watch  the  Penn 
State  game  on  O'Reilly's  TV. 

I  know  all  about  Doug  Flutie,  but 
in  my  book,  O'Reilly,  Paxton  and 
Billings  deserve  the  Heisman  for 
making  the  '84  football  season  one 
I'll  always  remember,  and  the  A&S 
Class  of  '66,  one  I'll  never  forget. 

John  M.  Teter  '66 

Lebanon,  Mo. 


Only  $6,000,000? 

To  the  Editor: 

A  recent  article  on  Doug  Flutie  in 
The  New  York  Times  noted  that  BC 
alumni  gave  "only  six  million 
dollars  a  year"  to  the  school.  I'll 
take  the  figure  as  accurate,  but  what 
does  the  "only"  mean? 

How  do  BC  alumni  profile  in 
respect  to  graduates  of  American 
universities?  And  what  is  the  alumni 
breakdown  in  categories  like  older- 
younger,  men-women,  Boston-New 
York,  etc?  And  is  alumni  giving 
poor  (if  it  is)  because  the  alumni  are 
poor,  or  because  alumni  are  poorly 
organized?  It  strikes  me  that  all  this 
is  grist  for  the  BCM  mill. 

Robert  R.  Sullivan  '59 

New  York,  NY 


The  last  word 

To  the  Editor: 

Now  that  several  letters  have  ap- 
peared commenting  on  my  letter 
commenting  on  Kevin  Kecskes'  ar- 
ticle on  the  Nicaraguan  Sandinistas, 
I  think  BCM  owes  me  the  oppor- 
tunity to  point  out  that  you  chose  to 
drop  the  paragraph  which  contained 


the  main  point  of  my  letter,  making 
my  purpose  in  writing  seem  rather 
obscure. 

The  issue  of  BCM  containing 
Mr.  Kecskes'  article  warmly  prais- 
ing the  Sandinistas  (Fall,  1983)  ap- 
peared almost  simultaneously  with 
news  reports  that  the  Sandinista 
government  had  reported  the  mur- 
der, by  the  contra  guerillas,  of 
Bishop  Schlaefer,  a  missionary 
ministering  to  the  Miskito  Indians. 
However,  on  Dec.  25,  1983,  The 
Boston  Globe  reported  that  Bishop 
Schlaefer  had  appeared  alive  after 
leading  several  thousand  Miskitos 
out  of  Nicaragua.  According  to 
Bishop  Schlaefer,  he  and  the  In- 
dians were  attacked — bombed,  straf- 
ed and  shelled — by  the  Sandinista 
armed  forces. 

It  was  this  interesting  juxtaposi- 
tion of  Mr.  Kecskes'  gushing  over 
the  Christ-inspired  character  of  the 
Sandinistas,  and  their  simple,  naked 
lying  and  use  of  violence  against 
defenseless  people — if  Bishop 
Schlaefer  and  the  newspaper  are 
telling  the  truth — which  prompted 
my  letter  and  my  remarks  about 
"truth"  and  "political  prop- 
aganda." Mary  Fusoni  has  accused 
me  of  echoing  the  Reagan  Admin- 
istration's propaganda.  Not  so,  I 
was  just  "echoing"  Bishop 
Schlaefer  as  quoted  in  the  Globe.  She 
also  points  out  that  I  don't  "know 
the  truth"  about  the  Sandinista's 
treatment  of  the  Indians.  Good 
point;  I  don't  know  much  about 
it — just  what  I  read  in  the 
newspapers,  and  that  smells. 

Robert  P.  Largess  '67 

Roslindale,  Mass. 

Editor's  Note:  All  letters  to  BCM  are 
edited  for  clarity,  correct  usage  of 
English,  and  to  fit  the  available  space  for 
letters  in  any  particular  edition.   With  this 
letter  from  Mr.  Largess,  we  bring  to  a 
close  the  debate  on  Nicaragua  which  has 
been  taking  place  in  these  columns  for 
more  than  a  year. 


STA  CK  A  TTA  CK —  Welder  Joseph  Silva  puts  the  torch  to  metal  bookstacks  on  the  lower  level  of  Bapst  Library  preparatory  to  their  removal.  Silva  and 
others  have  been  working  since  the  fall  to  prepare  Bapst  for  extensive  interior  renovations.  A  story  on  the  work  begins  on  page  nine. 


New  dorms,  sports  arena, 
arts  center  under  study 

The  next  10  years  will  be  very 
busy  ones  on  the  lower  campus 
should  the  University  decide  to  go 
ahead  with  facilities  plans  currently 
under  study. 

The  plans  call  for  construction  of 
student  residences,,  a  sports  center, 
a  fine  arts  center  and  the  revamping 
of  the  Flynn  Recreation  Complex. 

New  residences  would  be  con- 
structed on  Commonwealth  Avenue 
between  St.  Mary's  Hall  and  the 
New  England  Baptist  Home.  The 


University  has  entered  into  a  lease- 
purchase  agreement  for  the  home, 
and  will  be  able  to  purchase  the 
facility  in  1989. 

The  plans  also  call  for  the 
replacement  of  the  modular  apart- 
ments with  new  residences.  Student 
Affairs  Vice  President  Kevin  Duffy 
said  the  apartments,  constructed  in 
1970  as  temporary  housing,  occupy 
5.8  acres  of  land,  yet  house  only 
500  students.  Better  designed 
facilities  might  house  upwards  of 
900  students. 

Additionally,  the  construction  of  a 
new  basketball-hockey  arena  seating 
8,000  is  being  contemplated  for  one 


of  three  sites  adjacent  to  Alumni 
Stadium,  and  plans  for  a  fine  arts 
center  suggest  a  facility  near  the 
theater. 

According  to  the  plans,  construc- 
tion of  the  Commonwealth  Avenue 
facilities  could  begin  in  1986,  with 
replacement  of  the  modular  apart- 
ments beginning  once  those  facilities 
were  completed.  Combined,  the 
new  dorms  would  add  1,100  beds  to 
a  campus  inventory  of  5,300  beds. 
If  present  demand  persists,  that 
would  still  leave  some  1 ,000 
students  on  a  housing  waiting  list. 

The  arena  would  be  scheduled  for 


completion  in  1987,  with  construc- 
tion of  the  fine  arts  facility  starting 
in  1990.  A  revamping  of  the  Flynn 
Recreation  Complex  could  take 
place  in  the  mid  1990s. 

Presentations  on  the  plans  have 
been  made  to  University  and  local 
community  groups. 

Galligan  Chair  established 

Boston  College  has  gained 
another  endowed  professorship. 

The  Thomas  J.  Galligan,  Jr. 
Chair  in  Strategic  Management  will 
reside  in  the  Administrative 
Sciences  Department  of  the  School 
of  Management. 

The  professorship  is  named  for 
Thomas  J.  Galligan,  Jr.  '41,  chief 
executive  officer  of  Boston  Edison 
Company,  the  major  contributor  to 
the  $750,000  chair. 

Said  President  J.  Donald  Monan, 
SJ,  "The  Galligan  Chair  is  a 
thoroughly  appropriate  honor  to  this 
remarkable  man  who  has  successful- 
ly managed  one  of  the  nation's 
largest  utilites  for  two  decades  while 
finding  time  to  work  in  countless 
ways  for  improving  the  quality  of  all 
our  lives  in  Boston." 


A&S  Graduate  programs 
are  focus  of  study 

As  called  for  by  President  Monan 
in  his  September  convocation 
address,  the  Educational  Policy 
Committee  of  the  Graduate  School 
of  Arts  and  Sciences  has  begun  a 
"realistic  assessment  of  the  status 
and  prospects  of  A&S  graduate 
programs." 

By  April,  according  to  Graduate 
A&S  Dean  Donald  White,  who  is 
chairing  the  group,  a  "mission 
statement,"  specific  targets  for  the 
1990s,  and  a  self-study  by  each 
graduate  program  will  have  been 
developed. 

In  a  second  stage  of  planning, 
said  White,  the  committee  hopes  to 
produce  a  set  of  strategies  for 


meeting  the  targets  set  in  the  first 
planning  stage.  Detailed  cost 
estimates  and  proposed  methods  for 
raising  funds  will  be  considered. 
The  deadline  for  completing  the 
second  stage  is  December  1985. 

White  said,  "All  of  us  welcome 
this  opportunity  to  chart  a  positive 
course  that  will,  in  President 
Monan's  words,  'clarify  the  distinc- 
tive role  of  graduate  education  in 
the  identity  of  the  University." 

Jody  Powell  named 
1985  O'Neill  Professor 

A  man  generally  acknowledged  to 
have  been  among  President  Carter's 
closest  advisors  has  been  named  the 
third  Thomas  P.  O'Neill,  Jr.  Pro- 
fessor of  American  Politics. 

Jody  Powell,  41,  the  Carter 
Administration  press  secretary, 
arrived  on  campus  in  January  and 
will  occupy  the  O'Neill  Chair  in  the 
Political  Science  Department  for 
one  year.  During  the  present 
semester,  he  is  teaching  a  course  on 


politics  and  the  media. 

Announcing  the  appointment, 
Political  Science  Chairman  Robert 
Faulkner  said,  "(Powell's) 
knowledge  of  the  workings  of  both  a 
modern  presidential  campaign  and 
the  modern  White  House  is  very 
rare.  Having  been  both  a  press 
secretary  and  now  a  member  of  the 
press  corps,  Powell  offers  an  addi- 
tional advantage:  he  can  provide  a 
firsthand  account  of  the  role  of  the 
media  in  American  political  life 
generally,  and  in  the  affairs  of  the 
presidency  in  particular." 

A  1977  profile  in  Current  Biography 
carried  the  following  description  of 
Powell:  "Jimmy  Carter's  oldest, 
closest,  and  perhaps  most  trusted 
aide,  Jody  Powell  became  the 
president-elect's  first  White  House 
appointee  when  he  was  named  press 
secretary  on  November  15,  1976. 
Energetic,  unflappable,  and 
engagingly  witty,  Powell  is  the  anti- 
thesis of  the  haughty,  contentious 
press  secretaries  of  the  Nixon 
and,  to  a  lesser  extent,  Ford 


BOWLING  FOR  DOLLARS — Bookstore  Manager  John  Durkin  gets  help  from  his  camera-shy 
staff  in  displaying  some  of  the  many  football  related  items  that  have  so  far  generated  in  excess  of 
$500,000  in  sales.  Said  Durkin,  who  ran  the  Ohio  State  bookstore  during  a  Rose  Bowl  year,  "Their 
sales  were  nothing  compared  to  ours.  "  He  expects  $1, 000, 000  in  sales  before  the  school  year  is  out. 


administrations." 

Since  leaving  the  White  House, 
Powell  has  been  a  national  political 
columnist  for  the  Dallas  Times  Herald 
and  Los  Angeles  Times  Syndicate, 
and  a  news  commentator  for  ABC 
News. 

Established  in  1979,  the  O'Neill 
Chair  is  endowed  by  a  $1.3-million 
gift  from  alumni  and  friends  of  the 
Speaker. 


Carter  confidant  J ody  Powell 


SON,  Law  deans  to  retire 

School  of  Nursing  Dean  Mary  A. 
Dineen  and  Law  School  Dean 
Richard  G.  Huber  have  announced 
plans  to  retire  from  their  positions 
at  the  end  of  the  1984-85  academic 
year. 

Dineen  said  her  future  plans  are 
not  fixed,  but  that  she  would  pro- 
bably soon  return  to  the  area  of  her 
family  home  in  western  New  York 
State.  She  has  been  SON  dean  since 
1972. 

After  a  fall  semester  sabbatical, 
during  which  he  will  spend  time  at 
Cambridge  University  and  travel  in 
Europe,  Huber  intends  to  return  to 
teach ing  al  the  law  school  in  the 
spring  1986  semester.  Huber  joined 
BC  Law  School  as  a  professor  in 
1957.  He  became  dean  in  1970. 


World-renown  theologian 
Bernard  Lonergan,  SJ,  dies 

Theologian  Bernard  J. F. 
Lonergan,  SJ,  whose  teachings  and 
sphere  of  influence  have  been  com- 
pared with  those  of  Aquinas  and 
Newman,  died  Nov.  26  at  age  79. 

Fr.  Lonergan  was  a  Distinguished 
Professor  of  Theology  at  BC  from 
1975  to  1983. 

Writing  and  lecturing  on  subjects 
as  varied  as  economic  ethics,  the 
philosophy  of  education,  and  the 
spiritual  meaning  of  the  family,  the 
primary  intellectual  task  he  accepted 
was  the  analysis  of  two  episte- 
mological  problems — the  nature  of 
knowing,  and  of  intellectual 
method. 

On  April  20,  1970,  Time 
magazine  said,  "Lonergan  is  con- 
sidered by  many  intellectuals  to  be 
the  finest  philosophic  thinker  of  the 
20th  century." 

On  that  same  date,  Newsweek 
wrote,  "With  that  boldness 
characteristic  of  genius,  Jesuit 
philosopher  Bernard  Lonergan  has 
set  out  to  do  for  the  twentieth  cen- 
tury what  even  Aquinas  could  not 
do  for  the  thirteenth:  provide  an 
'  understanding  of  understanding. 

Theology  Chairman  Robert  Daly, 
SJ,  said,  "Fr.  Lonergan's  general 
methodological  and  theoretical 
theological  world  view  has  been  the 
supporting  background  of  Boston 
College's  interdisciplinary  Perspec- 
tives in  Western  Civilization 
Program. 

'That  curriculum  development  is 
the  beginning  of  the  rebuilding  of 
something  of  the  sense  of  unity  that 
used  to  characterize  the  old  Catholic 
view." 

Fr.  Lonergan  was  born  in  1904  in 
Quebec.  He  entered  the  Jesuit 
Novitiate  at  Guelph,  Ontario,  in 
1922,  and  studied  at  Heythrop  Col- 
lege, Oxfordshire,  and  at  the 
University  of  London. 

In  1933,  he  began  theology 
studies  at  the  Gregorian  University 


Bernard  J.  F.  Lonergan,  SJ  (1904-1984) 

in  Rome,  earning  a  doctorate. 

After  teaching  in  Montreal  and  at 
Regis  College,  Fr.  Lonergan  was 
appointed  in  1953  to  the  Gregorian 
faculty,  where  he  taught  until  1965, 
when  illness  forced  him  to  give  up 
classroom  duties. 

Following  his  recovery,  he  return- 
ed to  Regis  College  to  work  on  his 
papers  and  prepare  his  work  on 
method  in  theology.  He  remained  at 
Regis  until  1975,  when  he  accepted 
his  appointment  here. 

At  least  a  dozen  books  and  more 
than  100  doctoral  dissertations  have 
been  devoted  to  the  man  and  his 
thought. 

John  (Sully)  Sullivan 
dead  at  74 

John  J.  Sullivan,  food  services 
director  and  function  manager  from 
1933  until  his  retirement  in  1976, 
died  Jan.  6.  He  was  74. 

Mr.  Sullivan,  known  as  "Sully" 
to  thousands  of  students  who  passed 
through  BC  during  his  43  years 
here,  is  survived  by  his  wife,  two 
daughters  and  two  sons. 


8 


The  new  Bapst 

Burns  Special  Collections  Library 
to  be  part  of  a  $6  million  refurbishment 


BY  DOUG  WHITING 


When  the  doors  to  the  O'Neill 
Library  opened  this  past  July,  the 
doors  to  Bapst  Library  closed.  For  the 
first  time  since  1928,  Boston  College 
students  could  not  use  Bapst  as  a  study 
and  research  facility. 

The  situation,  however,  is  only  tem- 
porary, as  Bapst  is  currently  in  the  in- 
itial stages  of  what  is  expected  to  be  a 
14-month  period  of  renovation  and 
refurbishment. 

Included  in  that  renovation  will  be 
the  establishment  of  the  John  J.  Burns 
Library  of  Rare  Books  and  Special 
Collections. 

The  Burns  Library  is  named  for  the 
late  Judge  John  J.  Burns  of  Cam- 
bridge (see  page  11),  a  1921 
graduate  of  Boston  College  and  a  1935 
graduate  of  BC  Law  School.  Judge 
Burns  was  the  first  patron  of  the 
Friends  of  the  Library  at  Boston  Col- 
lege, and  conceived  of  the  plan  to  col- 
lect funds  for  the  purchase  of  materials 
that  now  comprise  BC's  Francis 
Thompson  Collection.  He  also  played 
a  major  role  in  securing  from  the 
Hearst  Foundation  the  gift  of  the  rare 
Flemish  tapestries  that  adorned  and 
enriched  Bapst 's  interior. 

The  Burns  Library  will  be  located  in 
Bapst  and  will  house  the  Special  Col- 
lections, rare  books  and  archives.  It 
will  occupy  most  of  the  basement  level 
and  portions  of  the  tower  area  on  the 
two  upper  levels.  It  will  be  en- 
vironmentally controlled  to  protect  the 
valuable  and  rare  materials  that  will  be 
housed  there. 

Bapst  will  also  contain  a  library  of 
books  most  used  by  students,  the 
Board  of  Trustees  meeting  room,  and 
study  space. 


Begun  in  October,  the  renovations 
are  expected  to  be  completed  in 
December,  1985,  and  Bapst  will  re- 
open in  January,  1986. 

It  was  nearly  10  years  ago  that 
President  J.  Donald  Monan,  SJ,  asked 
University  Librarian  Thomas  O'Con- 
nell  to  examine  the  University's  library 
needs.  According  to  O'Connell,  "Fr. 
Monan  asked  for  two  things:  if  a  new 
library  was  needed,  it  should  be  built 
on  the  middle  campus;  and  if  a  new 
library  was  built,  Bapst  should  be  re- 
tained for  library  services." 


The  current  renovation  project  will 
honor  that  desire,  and  complete  the 
process. 

O'Connell  said  that  while  the 
O'Neill  Library  now  accommodates 
research  and  library  needs,  the  Univer- 
sity is  still  lacking  a  facility  to  ade- 
quately "showcase  its  significant 
holdings"  of  rare  material.  Bapst,  he 
said,  is  the  most  appropriate  setting  for 
such  collections. 

Additionally,  O'Connell  said  that 
the  location  of  most  used  books  and 
reserved  books  in  Bapst  would  assure 
its  continued  use  by  students  and 
faculty. 

Designed  by  Charles  Maginnis, 
Bapst  was  completed  and  opened  in 
1928.  The  library  building  was  named 
for  John  Bapst,  SJ,  first  president  of 
the  University. 

Writing  about  Bapst  in  a  1975 
publication,  "A  Guide  to  the 
Campus,"  Francis  Sweeney,  SJ,  said: 

"In  the  construction  of  the  walls, 
the  first  courses  laid  were  of  granite 
taken  from  the  land.  When  the  supply 
gave  out,  Roxbury  puddingstone  was 
obtained  from  a  demolished  Congrega- 
tionalist  church  on  Columbus  Avenue 
in  Boston,  and  granite  from  the  wall  of 
an  estate  in  Brookline  and  from  a 
dismantled  brewery  in  the  South  End 
of  Boston. 

"Designed  by  Maginnis  in  the 
English  Collegiate  Gothic  style,  it  has 
the  characteristic  pier  buttresses,  oriel 
windows  and  Gothic  ornament.  At  the 
northern  end  stands  the  Margaret  Ford 
Memorial  Tower,  which  resembles 
Merton  Tower  at  Oxford.  In  the 
Tower's  interior,  a  medieval  staircase 


A  Most  Used  Books  Library  will  be  housed  on  the  first  floor  when  the  building  reopens  in  January  1986. 


rises  along  the  walls  to  a  vault  fifty  feet 
from  the  pavement. 

"Above  the  doors  of  the  south 
porch,  the  stone  tympanum  bears 
the  sculptured  figure  of  Mary,  Seat 
of  Wisdom,  flanked  by  figures  of 
the  major  prophets  and  the  four 
evangelists.  From  the  south  porch 
Eugenio  Cardinal  Pacelli,  later  Pius 
XII,  addressed  the  assembled  students 
on  Oct.  5,  1936. 

'The  first  floor  of  the  library,  now 
stack  space,  was  once  used  as  an 
auditorium — a  temporary  measure 
which  continued  to  1969. 

"On  the  second  floor,  Gargan  Hall 
is  the  main  reading  room,  with  the 
reserve  book  room  to  the  right  of  the 
entrance,  and  the  periodical  room  and 
staff  offices  at  the  north  end.  The  ceil- 
ing of  Gargan  Hall  is  of  carved  oak 
(arried  by  hammer  beams." 

Special  Collections,  to  be  housed  in 
the  Burns  Library,  includes  books  and 
manuscripts  by  Thomas  Merton, 
James  B.  Connolly  and  Jesuit  and 
Irish  writers  from  as  long  ago  as  the 
sixteenth  century.  The  Williams 
Ethnological  Collection,  with  10,000 
books  and  pamphlets,  is  unique  in  the 
country  for  its  Jamaican  holdings.  The 
Thompson  Collection  is  the  most  com- 
plete collection  of  manuscripts  of  Fran- 
cis Thompson,  the  Victorian  poet.  It 
includes  a  manuscript  copy  ol  his 


noted  work,  "The  Hound  of 
Heaven."  Terence  L.  Connolly,  SJ, 
former  librarian,  gathered  the  collec- 
tion and  edited  several  volumes  from 
its  resources. 

According  to  Executive  Vice  Presi- 
dent Frank  Campanella,  the  Bapst  pro- 
ject is  expected  to  cost  $6.15  million, 
which  will  be  financed  partially 
through  gifts  to  the  University  and 
partially  with  long-term  borrowings. 

The  team  that  designed  and  con- 
structed the  O'Neill  Library  is 
renovating  Bapst:  The  Architects  Col- 
laborative, Inc.,  (TAC)  of  Cambridge, 
and  the  construction  management 
firm  of  Richard  White  Sons,  Inc. 

Aside  from  the  creation  of  the  Burns 
Library  at  the  Commonwealth  Avenue 
end  of  the  building,  primary  renova- 
tions will  include  the  removal  of  stacks 
on  the  lower  levels,  the  restoration  of 
Gargan  Hall  and  the  placement  of  new 
electric  and  heating  systems. 

New  stacks  and  readers  will  be 
placed  on  the  first-floor  level  (the  old 
auditorium),  which  will  house  a  great 
portion  of  the  Most  Used  Books 
Library  and  a  reserved  books  section. 

Also  to  be  provided  at  this  level:  a 
fine-print  room,  the  Irish  Collection,  a 
reading  room,  offices  for  the  Bapst 
librarian,  and  500  study  seats.  These, 
O'Connell  said  "are  absolutely 


necessary."  He  said  that  in  the  past, 
daily  usage  of  all  BC  libraries  averaged 
3,000  people  per  day;  since  the  O'Neill 
opened  last  summer,  however,  traffic 
has  increased  to  5,000  patrons  a  day, 
and  the  O'Neill  has  been  filled  to 
capacity  on  a  number  of  occasions. 

Architect  Royston  Daley,  commen- 
ting on  the  project,  said,  "We're 
charged  with  restoring  a  wonderful  old 
building  to  its  original  condition,  try- 
ing to  recapture  the  building  as  it  once 
was.  We're  sympathetic  to  the  existing 
structure,  and  we  believe  we're  both 
restoring  and  enhancing  Bapst." 

O'Connell  agreed.  "The  difficult 
task  was  to  refine  and  utilize  an  ex- 
isting structure.  To  use  Roy's  phrase, 
we  had  to  find  the  best  way  to  stuff  the 
turkey.  In  that  sense,  TAC  has  been 
very  good  to  work  with.  They  under- 
stand the  building's  significance,  the 
University's  needs,  and  the  desires  of 
the  librarians.  I'd  have  to  say  the 
turkey  is  stuffed  quite  nicely." 

Doug  Whiting  '78,  manager  of  the  Univer- 
sity News  Bureau,  spent  more  than  a  jew 
hours  in  Bapst  during  his  undergraduate 
years.  Gifts  to  the  Bapst  building  fund  can 
be  sent  to  the  Development  Office  at  More 
Half  Chestnut  Hill,  MA  02167. 


10 


Though  he  came  from  humble  beginnings,  John 
Joseph  Burns  rose  to  extraordinary  prominence  in  an  all- 
too-brief  life. 

Born  in  Cambridge  in  1901,  his  father  an  Irish  im- 
migrant and  a  public  transit  motorman,  Burns  received 
his  undergraduate  degree  from  BC  in  1921,  and  later 
earned  his  LLB  and  SJD  at  Harvard  University. 

After  practicing  law  in  Boston  for  two  years,  he 
returned  to  Harvard  as  a  faculty  member  in  1929.  In 
five  years  there,  he  rose  from  instructor  to  full  professor. 
A  year  after  he  joined  Harvard,  Burns  married  Alice 
Blake.  The  couple  made  their  home  in  Belmont  and 
raised  seven  children. 

In  1931,  Burns  was  appointed  associate  justice  of  the 
Massachusetts  Superior  Court.  He  was  a  day  short  of  30 
when  he  was  named  to  the  bench,  the  youngest  judge  in 
the  history  of  the  Commonwealth. 

Burns  served  on  the  Superior  Court  bench  until 
September  1934,  when  he  was  invited  by  Joseph  P.  Ken- 
nedy to  become  counsel  to  the  Securities  and  Exchange 
Commission.  Kennedy  had  been  appointed  by  President 
Roosevelt  as  the  SEC's  first  chairman. 

After  three  years  on  the  bench,  Judge  Burns  was,  a 
Boston  Globe  article  of  the  day  reported,  "in  a  mood  to 
step  out  and  do  things  again  in  the  more  active  role  of 
counsel  to  a  body  that  has  big  affairs  on  its  hands  and 
important  problems  to  attack."  During  his  more  than 
two-year  term  with  the  SEC,  he  handled  important 
litigation  on  the  federal  control  of  stocks.  In  a  letter  to 
Burns  upon  his  resignation  from  the  commission,  FDR 
wrote:  "Your  fine  legal  talent  and  organizing  ability 
have  been  of  the  greatest  value." 

Shortly  afterwards,  Burns  established  a  private  practice 
as  a  Boston  and  New  York  attorney,  a  career  he  pursued 
the  rest  of  his  life.  However,  he  never  lost  his  commit- 
ment to  public  service,  and  served  as  general  counsel  to 
the  New  England  governors  in  their  fight  against  a 
railroad  freight  rate  adjustment  intended  to  accord 
southern  states  preferential  treatment,  and,  at  FDR's 
behest,  as  first  general  counsel  to  the  newly  created  US 
Maritime  Commission. 

During  the  Second  World  War,  Judge  Burns  played  a 
major  role  in  helping  Ireland  obtain  the  understanding  of 
the  American  people  for  its  position  of  neutrality.  He 
worked  diligently,  away  from  public  view,  in  the  effort 
that  led  Roosevelt  to  appoint  Myron  Taylor  as  the  first 
special  representative  of  the  United  States  to  the  Holy 
See.  He  was  generous  to  Boston  College  and  to  many 
charities,  usually  without  public  recognition.  Some  30 
years  ago,  when  the  Cistercian  monastery  in  Spencer, 
Mass.,  burned,  it  was  Judge  Burns,  J.  Peter  Grace,  and 
a  group  of  friends  who  organized  the  fundraising  effort 
to  rebuild  it. 

At  the  time  of  his  death,  in  1957,  he  was  senior  part- 
ner in  the  firm  of  Burns,  Blake  &  Rich  of  Boston,  and 
Burns,  Currie,  Rich  &  Rice  of  New  York. 

In  that  year,  Boston  College  Librarian  Terence  L. 
Connolly,  SJ,  wrote:  "It  is  a  strange  and  tragic  coin- 
cidence that  in  the  issue  of  the  Librarium  in  which  the 


A  friend  of  the  library— 
in  life  and  in  memory 


crowning  gifts  to  the  Thompson  Collection  are 
acknowledged,  we  must  join  our  thanks  to  the  one 
responsible  for  these  gifts  with  an  expression  of  our  sor- 
row and  sense  of  irreparable  loss." 

At  a  Requiem  Mass,  Archbishop  Richard  J.  Cushing 
remarked,  "Few  men  in  our  part  of  the  country  have 
written  so  early  in  life  a  history  of  achievement  so 
praiseworthy  and  so  proud  for  his  family  and  friends  as 
that  written  by  the  late  judge. 

"...To  the  young  men  of  the  colleges  to  which  he  was 
so  loyal,  to  whose  students  he  was  so  generous  and  in 
whose  careers  he  took  so  enthusiastic  an  interest,  we 
recommend  the  example  of  this  energetic  intellectual  who 
loved  his  church  and  his  country,  wearing  himself  out  in 
the  service  of  their  ideals." 

The  creation  of  the  Burns  Rare  Books  and  Special 
Collections  Library  is  part  of  a  comprehensive  effort  to 
expand  and  improve  library  facilities  at  Boston  College. 
Family  and  friends  of  Judge  Burns  have  assumed  respon- 
sibility for  raising  a  substantial  portion  of  the  funds  need- 
ed to  construct  and  equip  this  library.  It  will  be  a 
suitable  memorial  for  an  alumnus  who  demonstrated  a 
great  love  of  the  library  and  a  particular  affection  and 
concern  for  its  rare  books  and  special  collections. 

D.W. 


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EMERSON 

His  latest  biographer  examines  the  myths  and  the  man 


BY  JOHN  MCALEER 


F 

JL  or  $ 


or  some  150 years, 
Americans  have  been  arguing  about  Ralph 
Waldo  Emerson.   Was  he  our  intellectual 
giant,  or,  as  he  himself  put  it,    "an  importer 
of  stale  German  elixers ' '?  English  Professor 
John  McAleer,  author  of  an  acclaimed 
biography,  Ralph  Waldo  Emerson:  Days 
of  Encounter  (see  page  15),  is  the  latest 
respondent  on  the  Emerson  question.  BCM 
asked  McAleer,  whose  book  has  been 
nominated  for  a  Pulitzer  Prize,  for  his 
analysis  of  Emerson  and  his  place  in 
American  thought  and  letters. 

In  the  pages  of  The  New  Yorker  and 
the  New  York  Review  of  Books,  John 
Updike  and  Harold  Bloom  have  been 
squabbling  over  Emerson.  Against 
Updike's  humanistic  protests  (which  he 
characterizes  as  "churchwardenly 
mewings"),  Bloom  pits  an  Emerson  of 
heroic  stature:  "Emerson  is  the  mind 
of  our  climate... he,  rather  than  Marx 
or  Heidegger,  will  be  the  guiding  spirit 
of  our  imaginative  literature  and  our 
criticism  for  some  time  to  come." 
R.W.B.  Lewis  agrees  with  Bloom. 
"Emerson,"  he  says,  "is  the  key 
figure  in  American  literature." 

This  controversy  is  nothing  new.  It 
began  nearly  150  years  ago,  with  the 
publication  of  Emerson's  Nature  in 
1836,  and,  with  few  interruptions,  has 
gone  on  ever  since. 

Emerson  has  been  hailed  as  "an 
American  Olympian,"  "an  American 
Goethe  without  Goethe's  sexual  in- 


'Buddha  of  the  West' 
'animated  icicle?' 


or 


The  controversy  never  dies 


quisitiveness"  (today,  in  some 
quarters,  a  fact  recorded  as  one  of  his 
failings),  "the  most  potent  intellectual 
force  on  the  continent,"  "the  only 
man  in  America  worth  knowing."  It  is 
claimed  that  "no  other  American  did 
so  much  for  the  emancipation  of  the 
growing  mind  of  America." 

As  an  influence  in  American  letters 
Emerson  also  has  received  high 
praise — "the  literary  dictator  of  the 
age,"  "the  central  figure  in  the 
development  of  American  poetry  down 
to  our  times."  "To  no  English  writer, 


since  Milton,"  we  are  assured,  "can 
be  assigned  so  high  a  place." 

Emerson  has  been  exalted  as  "the 
New  England  Plato,"  "the  Psyche  of 
Puritanism,"  "the  Orpheus  of  Op- 
timism," "the  Jove  of  the  Concord 
immortals,"  and  "the  Buddha  of  the 
West."  And  we  are  told  that  he  was 
"from  the  1830's  to  the  Civil  War  the 
most  urbane  deviser  of  intellectual 
bombshells  in  the  United  States."  He 
has  even  been  called  "a  pioneer  in  the 
moral  woods  of  the  New  World,"  and 
"the  unfrocked  priest  of  the  human 
mind." 

If  a  measure  of  ambivalence  attends 
these  last  phrases,  there  could  be  no 
doubt  about  the  intentions  of  some  of 
Emerson's  more  aggressive  detractors. 
He  was  seen  as  "an  importer  of  stale 
German  elixers"  (Emerson  himself 
furnished  this  phrasing),  "a  cross  be- 
tween Brahma  and  Poor  Richard,"  "a 
fraud  and  a  sentimentalist,"  "a  self- 
idolater,"  "an  Angelic  junk  dealer," 
"an  animated  icicle,"  "a  lunatic," 
and  "the  last  man  on  earth  to  invite  to 
a  picnic." 

To  those  who  applied  Puritanical 
standards  of  orthodoxy  to  Emerson's 
writings,  he  has  been  an  unsurpassed 
enticement  to  rhetorical  excess.  He 
has,  at  various  times,  been  character- 
ized as  "the  arch  heretic  of  American 
literature,"  "an  unslumbering  arch 
heretic,"  "a  pagan  who  would  bring 
in  again  the  Greek  gods."  While 
Emerson  yet  lived,  one  traducer  said: 


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V  when 


"Judas  was  a  gentleman  compared  to 
Ralph  Waldo  Emerson." 

Against  these  vituperations  must  be 
weighed  the  likeness  of  a  man  whose 
personal  integrity  caused  those  who 
knew  him  to  say  that  his  age  was 
"entertaining  an  angel  unawares." 
Orestes  Brownson,  the  most  illustrious 
convert  to  Catholicism  in  the  U.S.  in 
the  nineteenth  century,  spoke  out  bold- 
ly in  Emerson's  defense: 

"Mr.  Emerson  is  the  last  man  in  the 
world  we  should  suspect  of  conscious 
hostility  to  religion  and  morality.  No 
one  can  know  him  or  read  his  produc- 
tions without  feeling  a  profound 
respect  for  the  singular  purity  and 
uprightness  of  his  character  and 
motives.  His  real  object  is  not  the  in- 
culcation of  any  new  theory  of  man, 
nature,  or  God;  but  to  induce  men  to 
think  for  themselves  on  all  subjects, 
and  to  speak  from  their  own  full  hearts 
and  earnest  convictions... This  is  the 
real  end  he  has  in  view,  and  it  is  a 
good  end." 

Brownson's  conclusions,  incidental- 
ly, apply  with  equal  validity  to  Emer- 
son's celebrated  "American  Scholar" 
address.  It  is  supposed  that  Emerson's 
one  concern  here  was  to  persuade  his 
countrymen  to  repudiate  their 
dependency  on  European  literature  in 
favor  of  producing  a  literature  distinc- 
tively American.  Yet,  this  is  his  topic 
only  in  a  brief  passage  coming  at  the 
close  of  his  address.  In  75  minutes,  in 
fact,  he  used  the  word  "American" 
only  four  times.  For  him,  the  word 
"scholar"  was  synonymous  with 
"Man  Thinking,"  and  Man  Thinking 
was  his  true  subject. 

And  he  meant  not  merely  men  in 
his  own  country,  in  his  own  time,  but 
men  everywhere  and  in  future  times, 
as  well.  Reaching  out  beyond  national 
boundaries  to  address  himself  to  the 
whole  of  mankind,  in  every  age,  he 
urged  each  generation  to  do  its  own 
thinking  and  not  be  held  hostage  by 
the  past.  This  was  in  keeping  with 
Emerson's  goal  of  fostering  the 
development  of  the  complete  universal 
man.  Always  his  message  came  back 
to  his  unwavering  conviction  that  the 
reformation  of  society  begins  with  the 
reformation  of  the  individual. 

Emerson  has  been  charged  with  ir- 


hen  a  woman 

sought  to  dispute  his  belief  in 

immortality,  Emerson  dismissed 

her  with  four  words — 'Madame, 

are  we  swill?' 


responsibly  advocating  self-reliant 
spontaneity  at  the  expense  of  time- 
proven  authority.  In  reality,  he  saw 
men  struggling  individually  to  advance 
out  of  chaos.  "I  have  taught  one  doc- 
trine," he  said,  "namely,  the  in- 
finitude of  the  private  man." 

He  sought  to  induce  each  man  to 
follow  his  highest  leading.  No 
credulous  optimist  lacking  a  true  vision 
of  the  reality  of  evil,  as  is  sometimes 
supposed,  he  desired  the  progress  of 
the  species  but  did  not  see  progress  as 
the  inevitable  lot  of  mankind.  Reject- 
ing Darwin's  mechanistic  evolution 
and  Spencer's  philosophical  expansions 
on  that  theme,  Emerson  believed  that 
progress  is  dependent  upon  effort,  its 
true  basis  being  man's  absorption, 
through  the  steady  improvement  of  his 
moral  character,  into  the  Divine 
Source.  He  scorned  socialistic  ideas  of 
progress.  "To  call  forth  the  free 
spirit... to  provoke  men  to  be  men, 
self-moving,  self-subsisting  men,  not 
mere  puppets,  moving  but  as  moved 
by  the  reigning  mode,  the  reigning 
dogma,  the  reigning  school,"  that, 
said  Brownson,  was  what  Emerson 
strove  for. 

Nothing  persuaded  men  more  of  the 
feasibility  of  Emerson's  message  than 
the  example  offered  in  his  own  con- 
duct. Before  he  was  eight  he  lost  his 
father.  In  the  years  that  immediately 
followed  he  sometimes  went  supperless 
to  bed  and  coatless  in  winter.  He 
worked  his  way  through  college. 
Tuberculosis  afflicted  him  and  killed 
his  beautiful  young  wife  after  only  17 
months  of  marriage.  During  47  years 
he  lived  patiently  with  a  second  wife 
who  was  a  neurasthenic  invalid.  He 
cared  for  40  years  for  a  retarded 
brother,  and  18  years  for  his  aged 
mother,  who  was  an  invalid.  His  first- 
born, his  "morning  star,"  died  sud- 
denly at  five.  He  saw  his  home  burn. 
He  buried  his  seven  brothers  and 


sisters,  most  of  whom  died  young.  To 
earn  necessary  income  he  lectured  far 
and  wide,  braving  epidemics,  floods, 
blizzards,  near-Arctic  cold,  and,  more 
often  than  not,  a  hostile  press.  He  ac- 
cepted all  that  came  his  way  with  a 
good  heart,  believing  that  life  compen- 
sated him  in  full  for  the  misfortunes 
that  befell  him. 

John  Jay  Chapman  concluded  that 
Emerson's  effectiveness  came  not  from 
his  philosophy  but  from  his  personal 
rectitude.  Emerson  himself  said  once: 
"To  every  serious  mind  Providence 
sends  from  time  to  time  five  or  six  or 
seven  teachers  who  are  of  the  first  im- 
portance to  him  in  the  lessons  they 
have  to  impart.  The  highest  of  these 
not  so  much  give  particular  knowledge 
as  they  elevate  by  sentiment,  and  by 
their  habitual  grandeur  of  view."  He 
was  such  a  teacher.  Henry  James,  Sr. 
makes  the  case  for  us: 

"Mr.  Emerson's  authority  to  the 
imagination  consists,  not  in  his  ideas, 
not  in  his  intellect,  not  in  his  culture, 
not  in  his  science,  but  all  simply  in 
himself,  in  the  form  of  his  natural  per- 
sonality. There  are  scores  of  men  of 
more  advanced  ideas  than  Mr.  Emer- 
son, of  subtler  apprehension,  of 
broader  knowledge,  of  deeper  culture; 
but  I  know  of  none  who  is  half  so  in- 
teresting in  himself,  none  whose  nature 
exhibits  half  so  clear  and  sheer  a 
reconciliation  of  infinite  and  finite." 

Of  Emerson,  James  Freeman  Clarke 
said: 

"So  great  is  my  respect  for  the  ex- 
traordinary dignity  and  purity  of  his 
character... I  cannot  bear  the  criticisms 
which  must  needs  seem  shallow  though 
coming  from  good  and  true  men. 
When  we  are  permitted  to  meet  a  man 
whose  life  is  holiness,  whose  words  are 
gems,  whose  character  is  of  the  purest 
type  of  heroism,  yet  of  childlike 
simplicity,  shall  we  stop  to  find  fault 
with  the  shape  of  his  coat,  or  the 
coherence  of  his  opinions,  instead  of 
gratefully  receiving  this  Heaven's 
gift?" 

George  Ripley,  founder  of  Brook 
Farm,  decided,  "The  secret  of  Mr. 
Emerson's  unquestionable  strength  lies 
in  the  profound  sincerity  of  its 
Nature."  James  Russell  Lowell  pressed 
this  conclusion  to  its  outermost  limits: 


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"When  one  meets  him  [Emerson]  the 
Fall  of  Adam  seems  a  false  report." 

Rutherford  B.  Hayes,  after  many 
years  of  reading  Emerson,  at  length 
concluded:  "I  am  far  more  content 
with  whatever  may  come  since  I  have 
read  Emerson's  calm,  quiet,  self- 
satisfied  way  of  dealing  with  the 
deepest  questions... I  will  insist  that  the 
more  we  read  of  Emerson  the  better 
we  like  him;  the  wiser  we  will  be;  the 
better  we  will  find  ourselves,  and  by 
consequence  (if  anything  is  conse- 
quence), the  happier."  British  scientist 
William  Tyndall  saw  himself  similarly 
indebted:  "If  anyone  can  be  said  to 
have  given  the  impulse  to  my  mind,  it 
is  Emerson;  whatever  I  have  done,  the 
world  owes  to  him."  From  Germany, 
Herman  Grimm  wrote  Emerson: 
"You  write  so  that  everyone  reading 
your  words  must  think  that  you  had 
thought  of  him  alone.  The  love  which 
you  have  for  all  mankind  is  so  strongly 
felt  that  one  thinks  it  impossible  that 
you  should  not  have  thought  of  single 
preferred  persons,  among  whom  the 
reader  counts  himself." 

In  1982,  on  the  occasion  of  the 
centennial  observance  of  Emerson's 
death,  I  was  asked  to  give  the  com- 
memorative sermon  from  the  pulpit  he 
had  preached  from  in  Lexington  on  a 
hundred  occasions.  I  welcomed  the  op- 
portunity and  chose  as  my  theme  the 
subject  Emerson  had  preached  on 
when  he  dedicated  the  Lexington 
church  in  1840 — the  good  that  radiates 
from  one  man  of  true  virtue  can 
transform  the  world.  "Milton,"  Emer- 
son once  said,  "discharged  the  office 
of  every  great  man,  namely  to  raise 
the  idea  of  Man  in  the  minds  of  his 
contemporaries  and  of  posterity."  He 
might  have  been  describing  himself. 

Once,  when  a  woman  sought  to  dis- 
pute with  Emerson  his  belief  in  immor- 
tality, he  dismissed  her  arguments  with 
four  words — "Madame,  are  we  swill?" 

These  were  strong  words  for  a  mild 
man.  But  there  are  times  when  the 
truth  must  be  spoken  plainly.  In  India, 
in  1946,  I  met  Mahatma  Gandhi  and 
asked  him  to  set  a  phrase  for  me  to 
live  by.  He  chose  a  phrase  from  Emer- 
son, "Speak  the  rude  truth  in  all 
ways."  Were  we  to  follow  this  advice 
we  might  have  a  better  world. 


McAleer  at  Ralph  Waldo's  study  table  in  Emerson  House,  Concord.  Emerson,  McAleer  relates  in  his  book, 
seldom  wrote  at  the  table,  but  on  a  lapdesk.  He  would  cast  sheets  of  paper  to  the  floor  as  he  completed  them  and 
sometimes  concluded  a  writing  day  on  his  knees,  trying  to  discern  the  correct  order  of  pages, 


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'nglish  Professor  John  McAleer  had  to  go 
a  long  way  to  discover  Ralph  Waldo  Emerson.  In  1946,  McAleer  was  serving  in  the  Amer- 
ican Army  in  India  and  found  the  Indians  more  informed  about  Emerson  and  his  Transcen- 
dentalist  contemporaries  than  he  was.    "I  thought,  "  he  said  recently,   "'Here  are  these  writers 
from  my  section  of  the  country  and  I  have  to  go  abroad  to  find  them.  '  I  was  embarrassed.  ' 

McAleer  has  more  than  atoned  for  his  youthful  ignorance.  He  has  published,  after  seven 
years  of  research  and  writing,  Ralph  Waldo  Emerson:  Days  of  Encounter  (Little, 
Brown,  1984),  a  major  and  somewhat  unusual  biography. 

Reviews  have  been  strikingly  good.  The  Houston  Post  called  the  book  "a  transcendent 
look  at  Emerson.  "  Wrote  critic  Jacques  Barzun,   "Mr.  McAleer 's  Emerson  has  several 
claims  to  our  attention:  it  is  a  new  form  of  biography;  it  reads  like  a  novel;  and  it  gives  us  for 
the  first  time  a  believable  Emerson — a  man,  not  a  sage  in  aspic.  ' 

The  "new  form  of  biography"  referred  to  by  Barzun  has  to  do  with  the  book's  organization. 
Said  McAleer,   "Most  biographies  of  Emerson  come  to  a  grinding  halt  when  the  authors  begin 
to  discourse  on  the  influence  of  the  German  idealists  or  the  Persian  poets  upon  Emerson.  So  I 
decided  that  all  that  kind  of  material  could  be  incorporated  into  two  chapters.  "  Most  of  the  re- 
maining chapters  are  set  around  the  "encounters"  of  the  title:  Emerson  and  Thoreau,  Emerson 
and  Thomas  Carlyle,  Emerson  and  Brook  Farm,  Emerson  and  slavery. 

Said  Jane  Langton  in  the  Sunday  Boston  Globe,    "McAleer  allows  these  separate  gazes  to 
intersect,  providing  a  clear  fix  on  the  man  himself.   The  saint  of  Concord  comes  into  sharp 
focus  as  a  wise  man  of  simple  manners,    'fatal  perception  '  and  a  vision  both  homely  and 
exalted.  ' 

McAleer  approached  the  Emerson  project  convinced  of  its  timeliness.   "The  period  since 
World  War  II,  ' '  he  said,   '  'was  a  time  of  the  great  discovery  of  Thoreau.  Emerson  was  shoved 
off  into  the  background.  During  that  period,  however,  Harvard  had  been  publishing  his  com- 
plete journals.  I  wanted  to  get  Emerson  down  off  the  pedestal.  His  excerpted  journals,  which 
his  son  had  published,  conveyed  Ralph  Waldo  as  a  distant,  antiseptic,   Victorian  figure.  I 
wanted  to  establish  his  relevance  to  the  present  age.  I  figure  every  generation  deserves  its  own 
biography  of  a  great  writer. 

McAleer,  however,  also  worried  about  what  significant  things  he  could  say  about  Emerson 
that  had  not  been  said  in  26  other  biographies.  "There  was  a  certain  irony  involved  in  my 
selection  of  Emerson  as  a  subject,  because  my  publisher  originally  wanted  me  to  do  a  book  on 
(Nathaniel)  Hawthorne  and  I  turned  that  down  when  I  discovered  there  were  nine  other  books 
on  Hawthorne  in  progress.  During  the  period  I  worked  on  the  Emerson  book,  however,  some 
20  books  on  him  were  published.  "  Fortunately  for  McAleer,  none  was  a  full  biography.  "I 
began  to  think  I  could  make  my  book  a  culmination,  "  he  said. 

McAleer  was  also  fortunate  in  having  available  source  works  previously  denied  Emerson  's 
biographers.   These  included  the  Harvard-published  journals  and  what  McAleer  calls  his  "big 
discovery":  a  biography  of  Emerson's  second  wife,  Lydia  Jackson,  written  by  their  daughter. 

These  works,  and  other,  previously  unstudied  accounts  of  encounters  with  Emerson  which 
McAleer  was  able  to  garner,  revealed  a  flesh-and-blood  man   "of  infinite  compassion,  patience, 
understanding  and  generosity — on  the  whole,  a  model  of  self-discipline.  ' 

McAleer  said  his  book  is  not  a  bio-critique,  but  the  story  of  a  life  lived — a  life  which 
McAleer,  himself,  finds  much  to  admire  in. 

"By  nature,  I'm  an  optimistic  person  and  I  found  Emerson  congenial  to  work  with.  He 
was  a  champion  of  positive  thinking  and  I  enjoy  writing  about  someone  who  confronted  life 
courageously.  ' 

McAleer,  a  BC  faculty  member  since  1947  and  author  of  biographies  of  Theodore  Dreiser 
and  Rex  Stout,  is  currently  at  work  on  his  second  novel.  Ralph  Waldo  Emerson:  Days  of 
Encounter  has  been  nominated  by  its  publisher  for  a  Pulitzer  Prize  in  biography.    "Taking  a 
leaf  from  Emerson,  "  McAleer  said,    "I'm  not  going  to  let  (the  prospect  of  the  prize)  bother  me 
one  way  or  another.  ' 

Ben  Birnbaum 


An  unorthodox  biography 
reveals  a  humane  sage 


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THAT 


CHAMPIONSHIP 

SEASON 


Sometimes,  an  event  becomes  an  experience 


"We're  not  curing  cancer  here," 
Head  Football  Coach  Jack  Bicknell  has 
said  on  more  than  one  occasion. 
"We're  playing  a  game  of  football." 
He's  also  been  reported  saying  to  his 
players  prior  to  each  game,  "Let's  just 
go  out  there  and  have  some  fun." 

That's  called  perspective,  and  in  the 
greater  scheme  of  things,  Boston  Col- 
lege's 1984  football  season  was  a  nice 
achievement.  In  perspective. 

But  sometimes  things  are  different, 
like  things  were  different  for  Carl 
Yastrzemski  and  the  Red  Sox  in  1967. 
Events,  people,  become  bigger  than 


life.  And  so,  the  1984  season,  complete 
with  The  Play,  the  Heisman,  Flutie- 
mania  and  culminating  with  the  Cot- 
ton Bowl,  became  something  much 
more  than  a  nice  achievement,  evolv- 
ing into  an  epic  that  caught  the  emo- 
tions of  not  only  Boston  College  and 
its  loyalists,  but  of  a  city,  a  region, 
and,  some  would  say,  the  country. 

But  the  story  is  easier  to  understand 
with  a  little  history. 

In  1940,  the  Boston  College  football 


BY  DOUG  WHITING 


team  appeared  in  its  first  bowl  game 
ever,  the  Cotton  Bowl.  An  appearance 
in  the  Sugar  Bowl  followed  in  1941;  in 
1943,  it  was  the  Orange  Bowl.  Then 
came  the  drought. 

Three  and  a  half  decades  later,  after 
some  very  good  (but  not  good  enough) 
and  some  very  bad  (plenty  bad 
enough)  years,  BC  went  an  entire 
season  without  winning  a  single  foot- 
ball game,  posting  an  0-11  record  in 
1978.  During  those  35  years,  the 
Eagles  had  not  been  to  a  single  bowl 
game,  and  talk  at  and  around  the 
Heights  questioned  the  wisdom  of  pur- 


Members  of  "the  class  nobody  wanted"  hoist  the  trophy  nobody  else  could  get.  Front  (l-r),  Doug  Flutie  and  Scott  Harrington.  Rear,  Mark  MacDonald,  Gerard  Phelan 
and  (behind  trophy)  Steve  Strachan. 


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suing  a  major  league  athletic  program. 

Each  of  those  long  years  had  two 
common  denominators — the  pre-season 
provoked  bowl  talk  and  anticipation, 
and  the  post-season  raised  the  difficult 
questions  of  program  direction. 

The  result  was  frustration — at  BC, 
around  New  England  and  across  the 
country  among  the  University's 
alumni. 

And  then,  without  warning,  the 
glory  days  returned,  led  by  a  coach 
called  Cowboy  Jack,  a  miracle- 
working,  undersized  quarterback  and  a 
large  cast  of  other  talented  actors. 

In  1982,  it  was  an  8-3  record  and  an 
invitation  to  Orlando's  Tangerine 
Bowl  to  play  Auburn.  A  year  later,  a 
9-2  record  earned  the  Eagles  a  bid  to 
the  Liberty  Bowl  in  Memphis  to  play 
Notre  Dame.  Both  served  as  warm-ups 
to  the  main  act — a  9-2  record  in  1984, 
including  victories  over  Alabama  and 
defending  national  champion  Miami; 
BC's  first  ever  Heisman  Trophy;  and 
an  invitation  to  a  New  Year's  Day 
bowl,  the  Cotton  Bowl,  in  Dallas,  to 
play  Southwest  Conference  champion 
Houston. 

The  swiftness  of  this  occurrence 
caught  many  off  guard,  but  BC 
followers  and  supporters  quickly 
warmed  to  the  task  of  backing  a  win- 
ner. In  fact,  The  Play  in  Miami,  the 
Heisman  Trophy  and  the  Cotton  Bowl 
invitation  produced  a  groundswell  of 
interest  matched  in  recent  Boston 
sports  history  only,  perhaps,  by  the 
1967  and  1975  Red  Sox,  the  Bobby 
Orr-led  Bruins  of  the  early  '70s  and 
the  1984  Celtics  World  Championship. 

The  long  wait  was  over. 

The  Cotton  Bowl  promised  to  be  an 
experience  like  none  before  at  Boston 
College.  There  have  been  great  athletic 
events  over  time,  great  games  and 
seasons,  but  this  would  top  them  all. 
There  were  the  bowl  teams  of  yester- 
year, and  more  recent  accom- 
plishments like  the  thrilling,  overtime 
victory  over  the  Patrick  Ewing-led 
Georgetown  Hoyas  at  Boston  Garden; 
the  basketball  team  in  the  NCAA  final 
sweet  16  for  three  consecutive  years; 
Beanpot  victories.  All  great,  but  only 
pretenders  to  the  ultimate  happening,  .^rj 


Oh,  the  hats,  baseball  caps, 
maroon  cowboy  hats,  ski 
hats,  foolish  hats  with  the 
gold  flapping  eagle  wings. 


Those  were  games,  events.  Dallas  and 
the  Cotton  Bowl  would  be  an  experience. 

The  experience  soon  extended 
beyond  the  boundaries  of  the  Chestnut 
Hill  campus. 

Media  coverage  was  a  story  on  its 
own.  There  were  magazine  covers, 
stories  in  Time,  Newsweek,  the  New  York- 
Times,  the   Wall  Street  Journal,  the  Inter- 
national Herald  Tribune,  and  even  the 
China  Daily.  There  were  hour-long 
television  specials,  and  features  on 
every  newscast  on  every  local  station; 
turn  the  radio  dial  and  you'd  hear 
something  about  BC,  Flutie.  A  song 
("Tutti  Frutti,  Go  Flutie")  rose  on  the 
charts.  Nearly  every  media  outlet  in 
the  greater  Boston  area,  print  and  elec- 
tronic, would  have  representatives  in 
Dallas. 

After  the  standard  stories  had  been 
exhausted — the  little  kid  from  Natick, 
given  the  last  scholarship,  goes  on  to 
win  the  Heisman;  the  coach  from 
Maine  reads  Zane  Grey  novels  and 
wears  cowboy  boots  even  though  he 
hails  from  the  plains  of  New  Jersey; 
the  quarterback's  best  friend  (natural- 
ly) and  roommate  (of  course)  on  the 
receiving  end  of  The  Play — the  media 
looked  for  other  angles.  How  does  all 
of  this  impact  on  the  admissions  pro- 
gram, the  fundraising  effort,  alumni 
spirit? 

There  were  full-color  posters  of  the 
Magic  Man  everywhere,  and  Flutie- 
Boston  College-Cotton  Bowl  trinkets 
and  souvenirs  were  big  pre-Christmas 
sellers.  The  BC  bookstore  alone  did 
more  than  $500,000  worth  of  business. 
Radio  stations  and  newspapers  spon- 
sored contests  for  trips  to  the  Cotton 
Bowl.  One  such  contest,  sponsored  by 
the  Boston  Globe,  caused  so  great  a 
stampede  of  researchers  attempting  to 
answer  the  contest's  trivia  questions, 
that  the  O'Neill  Library's  microfilm 
department  posted  the  correct  answers 
for  all  to  copy. 

^H^.  The  winning  feeling 

was  infectious.  Fifteen 


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thousand  tickets  to  the  Cotton  Bowl 
were  sold  through  BC  in  three  days, 
10,000  in  several  hours.  Ticket  sales  in 
Boston  were  the  second  largest  for  an 
away  team  in  Cotton  Bowl  history. 
Eight  Boston-area  travel  agencies  spon- 
sored trips  to  Dallas,  ranging  in  price 
from  $350-$2,600,  and  the  BC  Alumni 
Association  enrolled  1,800  in  its  trip 
and  had  to  turn  others  away.  Some 
would  weather  a  30-hour  bus  ride  to 
be  there,  while  others  would  travel  by 
car  and  train  to  experience  the 
experience.  Students,  alumni,  trustees, 
administrators,  faculty,  children,  old, 
young,  men,  women,  friends  and  just 
plain  football  enthusiasts  thirsty  for  a 
sip  of  the  big  time  climbed  aboard  the 
BC  bandwagon. 

The  airlift  from  Boston  to  Dallas 
was  said  to  be  the  largest  from  Logan 
Airport  to  any  one  city  since  World 
War  II.  An  estimated  25,000  New 
Englanders  descended  upon,  and 
engulfed,  the  city  of  Dallas,  where 
everything  is  big,  bigger,  biggest,  but 
where  the  gracious  hosts  seemed 
unable  to  cope  with  the  glut  of 
Yankees. 

It  became  virtually  impossible  to  get 
to  Dallas  from  Logan.  Even 
in  New  York  and 
Newark,  it  was  dif- 
ficult to  get  a  plane 
ticket,  and  many 
resorted  to  flights 
to  Houston  and  a 
four-hour  drive. 

On  Saturday,  Dec: 
29,  the  departure  began  in  earnest.  On 
Sunday,  came  the  deluge:  22  charter 
flights,  carrying  thousands  of  maroon- 
clad  partisans.  The  airport  scene  early 
on  Sunday  morning  was  a  sea  of 
maroon  and  gold:  sweaters,  scarves, 
hats  (oh,  the  hats,  baseball  caps, 
maroon  cowboy  hats,  ski  hats,  foolish 
hats  with  the  gold  flapping  eagle 
wings,  painters  caps)  that  would 
become  a  familiar  scene  on  the  streets 
and  in  the  hotels,  restaurants  and  bars 
of  Dallas  in  the  following  days. 

The  plane  trip,  in  a  sense,  symbol- 
ized the  year's  experience — a  thick 
cloud  cover  spread  like  a  1,500-mile 
long  safety  blanket  beneath  the  planes 


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A  flock  of  Eagle  supporters  and  a  Doug  Flutie  doll  prepare  to  take  flight  from  Logan  Airport  on  Dec.  30. 


carrying  the  New  Englanders  to 
Dallas.  For  the  entire  trip,  Eagle  fans 
were  above  the  clouds — soft,  fluffy, 
friendly  clouds — as  they  had  been  since 
the  season  began. 

The  mood  was  upbeat,  the  feeling, 
of  great  anticipation.  Also,  corny 
though  it  may  be,  there  was  a  feel- 
ing of  togetherness  and  common  pur- 
pose, of  aren't-we-the-fortunate- 
ones. 

There  was  also  a  certain 
curiosity  about  Dallas.  Cowboys.  Billy 
Bob's.  Southfork.  Dealey  Plaza.  Ten- 
gallon  hats.  Boots.  Steaks.  Neiman- 
Marcus.  The  talk  turned  from  Dallas 
to  the  hockey  team's  lofty  place  in  the 
Hockey  East  standings  and  to  the 
Eagle  hoopsters  win  the  night  before  in 
the  Cabrillo  Classic.  Above  the  clouds. 

The  four  days  in  Dallas  were  a 
treadmill:  sightseeing,  parties,  formal 
and  informal  receptions,  impromptu 
reunions,  New  Year's  Eve  activities, 
the  parade  and,  of  course,  the  game. 
New  Englanders  were  dispersed  in 
various  hotels,  and  the  Boston-BC 
presence  was  everywhere.  Barely  a 
Texas  twang  was  heard,  save  that  of  a 
bus  driver,  bellhop  or  bartender. 
"How  aah  ya?"  was  heard  far  more 
often  than  "How  y'all  doing?" 
Cowboy  hats?  Sure,  there  were  hun- 
dreds of  them,  but  maroon  with  gold 


lettering.  Finding  a  Texas  style 
restaurant  or  saloon  wasn't  difficult; 
finding  Texans  in  them  was.  Even 
Ray,  the  bartender  at  the  Hilton's 
Gatsby  Bicycle  Bar,  was  a  transplanted 
Bostonian. 

Maroon  and  gold  filled  the  lobbies 
and  lounges  of  hotels  from  the  plush 
Loews  Anatole  to  the  stately  Mandalay 
Four  Seasons,  to  the  Plaza  of  the 
Americas  and  the  various  Hiltons  and 
Holiday  Inns.  Travelers  gathered  in 
celebration  at  informal  hospitality 
receptions  sponsored  by  the  Alumni 
Association  and  various  travel  agen- 
cies, and  at  more  formal  receptions  as 
guests  of  the  president  and  trustees  of 
Boston  College.  On  New  Year's  Eve, 
thousands  jammed  the  lobby  and 
overhead  balconies  of  the  Anatole,  a 
scene  repeated  at  locations  across 
Dallas.  The  strains  of  "For  Boston" 
brought  in  the  New  Year,  not  "Auld 
Lang  Syne." 

In  the  days  preceding  the 
game,  some  chose  to  visit 
Southfork,  home  of  the 
Ewings  (no,  not 
Patrick).  "No  great 
shakes,"  reported  one  less 
than  impressed  alum.  "The 
house  is  so  small,  and  the  pool.  Tiny 
Very  disappointing."  Others  opted  for 
Billy  Bob's,  Dallas'  version  of  an 
urban  cowboy  saloon  complete  with 
mechanical  bull.  Everyone  paid  a  visit 


to  Dealey  Plaza  and  the  Kennedy 
Memorial. 

Leigh  Montville  of  the  Boston  Globe 
wrote,  "The  planes  were  landing  in  a 
hurry  now  at  Dallas-Fort  Worth  Air- 
port, the  tour  groups  and  individual 
revelers  arriving  in  maroon  and 
gold... In  every  suitcase  there  will  be  a 
list  of  things  to  do,  things  to  see.  On 
almost  every  list,  a  visit  to  the  site  of 
the  assassination  of  John  F.  Kennedy 
will  be  near  the  top.  There  is  no  way 
to  avoid  the  visit.  Not  if  you  are  from 
Boston." 

He  was  right.  Bus  after  bus  pulled 
up  to  the  memorial,  unloading  the 
visitors.  While  shouts,  song  and 
laughter  would  mark  every  other  ac- 
tivity on  the  Cotton  Bowl  odyssey,  the 
visit  to  Dealey  Plaza  was  strangely  dif- 
ferent. Quiet.  Solemn.  Eerie. 

Almost  as  if  programmed,  each  per- 
son would  step  from  the  bus  and  look 
for  the  building,  the  Texas  School 
Book  Depository.  Then,  they'd  look 
for  the  window,  Oswald's  window.  Se- 
cond from  the  top,  far  right.  Yes, 
that's  it.  Those  with  cameras  would 
take  pictures  of  the  building,  then  of 
the  window.  Others  would  just  stare. 
Then,  they'd  look  left,  to  Elm  Street, 
to  the  sign  directing  traffic  to  Stem- 
mons  Highway,  to  the  spot  where 
Kennedy  was  hit. 

After  digesting  the  scene,  people 
would  move  on  to  the  memorial,  still 
not  talking,  where  a  plaque  told  of  the 
events  of  Nov.  22,  1963,  and  another 
plaque  mapped  out  the  president's 
route.  The  final  stop  was  the  grassy 
knoll,  just  beyond  the  spot  where  the 
president  was  hit,  the  location  where 
conspiracy  theories  place  a  second  gun- 
man. One  last  look  at  the  entire  scene, 
and  the  visitors  from  Boston  boarded 
their  buses  to  continue  their  tours. 
There  was  also,  of  course,  a 
football  game.  Not  just  any 
football  game,  but  a  bowl 
|  game,  a  bona  fide,  big 
time,  New  Year's  Day,  na- 
tionally televised  bowl 
game:  one  of  those  bowls 
you'd  crawled  out  of  bed  on  New 
Year's  Day  for  so  many  years  to 
watch.  The  bowl  game  Jack  Bicknell 


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said  he'd  watched  forever  in  his 
pajamas. 

And,  of  course,  what's  a  big  time 
bowl  game  without  a  big  time  parade? 
The  BC  fans  emptied  out  of  their 
hotels  and  into  the  streets  of  Dallas  to 
cheer  the  high  school  bands,  the 
clowns,  the  floats,  the  Kilgore 
Rangerettes,  the  Cotton  Queen.  Ban- 
ners hung  from  hotel  windows,  and  the 
sidewalks  were  lined  six  and  seven 
deep.  Once  again,  maroon  and  gold 
dominated  the  scene,  though,  for  the 
first  time,  the  red  and  white  of  the 
Houston  Cougars  was  in  evidence.  A 
loud  roar  greeted  the  marching  band 
from  the  University  of  Houston.  The 
biggest  roar,  though,  was  saved  for  the 
BC  band,  led  by  none  other  than 
Assistant  Dean  of  Students  Michael 
Ryan  in  colonial  garb. 

The  biting  cold  helped  to  clear  some 
of  the  lingering  bleariness  of  the  night 
before,  but,  of  course,  caught  the 
Northerners  by  surprise.  Wasn't  this 
the  Sunbelt,  the  Southwest,  where  the 
skies  are  not  cloudy  all  day? 


In  a  scene  repeated  at  loca- 
tions across  Dallas,  the 
strains  of  "For  Boston" 

brought  in  the  New  Year, 
not  "Auld  Lang  Syne.': 


The  weather  forecast  called  for 
temperatures  in  the  low  thirties,  a 
wind  chill  factor  of  near  zero,  and  sleet 
or  snow  at  gametime,  while  the  pre- 
game  talk  questioned  the  ability  of 
BC's  defense  to  stop  the  feared  veer. 
Bill  Yeoman,  the  Houston  coach,  had 
invented  the  offense.  Well,  even  if  the 
veer  couldn't  be  stopped,  the  experts 
decided,  Doug  Flutie's  arm  would 
carry  the  Eagles  to  victory.  BC  would 


simply  be  able  to  score  more  points 
than  Houston.  But  then  again,  this 
was  the  Cotton  Bowl,  practically  on 
Houston's  home  turf.  On  any  given 
Sunday,  er,  Tuesday... 

The  truth,  of  course,  is  that  the  pre- 
game  script  was  followed,  and  then 
scrubbed.  Flutie  threw  for  three  first- 
half  touchdowns  (a  Cotton  Bowl 
record)  and  BC  raced  to  a  31-14 
halftime  lead.  In  years  to  come, 
perhaps,  that  first  half  will  be 
remembered  as  great  theater,  but  the 
reality  is  that  BC  thoroughly 
dominated  Houston,  leaving  many  of 
the  chilled  spectators  (many  wrapped 
in  borrowed  hotel  blankets)  sitting  on 
their  frozen  hands. 

An  obligatory  Houston  surge  in  the 
third  quarter  allowed  the  57,000  spec- 
tators to  warm  up  a  bit,  but  31-28  was 
as  close  as  the  Cougars  would  get. 

The  game  was  ultimately  decided 
not  by  Flutie's  golden  arm,  but  by  the 


Following  Troy  Stradford's  score  on  an  18-yard  run,  Darren  Flutie  '88,  is  the  only  player  with  his  feet  on  the  ground,  as  he,  Jack  Bicknell,  Jr.   '85,  and  Stradford  '86, 
indulge  in  some  end-zone  celebrating.   The  touchdown  with  scarcely  a  minute  left  in  the  game  brought  the  score  to  45-28. 


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legs  of  running  backs  Troy  Stradford 
(196  yards,  2  touchdowns)  and  Steve 
Strachan  (91  yards,  2  touchdowns, 
countless  big  plays  and  the  game 
MVP),  and  the  BC  defense,  which  ef- 
fectively shut  down  the  veer.  Unable  to 
throw  the  ball  successfully,  Flutie  time 
and  again  handed  off  to  his  talented 
backs  with  unexpected  results. 

Meanwhile,  the  defense,  the  same 
defense  that  had  been  badly  burned  by 
Army's  wishbone  earlier  in  the  year, 
rose  to  the  occasion  and  stiffened  when 
Houston  drew  near.  The  key  play  of 
the  game,  regrettably,  was  a  penalty 
that  killed  a  Houston  drive  for  the  go- 
ahead  score  late  in  the  third  period. 
But,  in  all  likelihood,  the  penalty  will 
soon  be  forgotten,  and  Strachan 's 
dives  over  the  top,  Stradford's  darting, 
the  containment  of  defensive  end 
David  Thomas  and  the  pursuit  of  nose 
tackle  Mike  Ruth  will  be  remembered 
as  the  game's  critical  elements.  And 
that  is  as  it  should  be. 

For  in  events  that  are  bigger  than 
life,  that  rise  far  above  the  ordinary, 
only  the  best  should  be  remembered. 
Just  prior  to  the  1985  Cotton  Bowl,  a 
Boston  Globe  article  told  readers  that  the 
1940  Cotton  Bowl  was  really  a  bore, 
overshadowed  by  a  Texas  high  school 
football  game.  A  myth  shattered.  For 
some,  the  article  was  painful  reading. 
For  many,  unfinished  reading. 

It  is  possible  that  in  years  to  come, 
an  athletic  happening  will  occur  at  the 
Heights  that  will  match,  perhaps  sur- 
pass, the  wondrous  achievements  of 
the  1984  football  team.  Another 
unlikely  candidate  will  emerge  to  per- 
form unrealistic  and  unbelievable  feats 
and  lead  his  or  her  team  to  unexpected 
success. 

It  is  hard  to  believe,  however,  that 
there  will  ever  be  an  individual  who 
will  eclipse  the  memories  of  one  Doug 
Flutie,  or  a  BC  sports  team  that  will 
draw  a  more  emotional  response  than 
that  bestowed  upon  this  group  of  over- 
achieving  athletes.  Only  time  will  tell. 

Doug  Whiting  '78,  News  Bureau  manager, 
is  three  inches  shorter  than  Doug  Flutie  and 
played  sparingly  at  defensive  back  and  wide 
receiver  for  Haverhill  High  School. 


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at  Alabama 

38-31 

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9/22 
10/13 

North  C 
Temple 

arolina 

52-20 
24-10 

10/20 
10/27 

at  West 
Rutgers 

Virginia            20-21 
35-23 

The  Cotton  Bowl 

11/03 

at  Penn 

State 

30-37 

11/10 

Army 

45-31 

TEAM  STATISTICS 

BC 

HOU 

11/17 

Syracuse 

24-16 

FIRST  DOWNS: 

22 

15 

11/23 

at  Miami 

47-45 

Rushing 

12 

9 

12/1 

at  Holy 

Cross 

45-10 

Passing 

10 

5 

Penalties 

0 

1 

TEAM  STATISTICS 

BC 

OPP 

RUSHING:  attempts 

50 

42 

FIRST  DOWNS 

170 

135 

Net  yards  gained 

353 

167 

Rushing 

258 

226 

PASSING:  net  yards 

180 

154 

Passing 

135 

98 

Attempted 

37 

29 

Penalty 

11 

6 

Completed 

13 

9 

TOTAL  OF! 

5317 

4317 

Intercepted 

2 

2 

Rushing 

1844 

2213 

Sacked-yards  lost 

4-28 

0-0 

Passing 

3473 

2104 

TOTAL  OFFENSE: 

/ards 

533 

321 

Avg.  Per  G 

ame 

483.4 

392.5 

Plays,  pass  &  rush 

87 

71 

OFFENSIVE  PLAYS 

82.3 

826 

Avg.  gain  per  play 

6.1 

4.5 

Rushing 

4.31 

524 

PUNTING:  Number 

8 

10 

Passing 

392 

312 

Average 

29.9 

33 

PASSES  COMP/ATT 

236/392 

156/3: 

Returned-vards 

2-(-l) 

1-2 

INT/YDS  RFT 

23/176 

11/62 

KICKOFFS:    No. -yards 

3-42 

7-187 

PUNTS/YDS 

46/1678 

50/1970 

PENALTIES-yards 

7-64 

7-66 

PUNT  AVG 

36.5 

39.4 

FUMBLES-lost 

2-1 

3-2 

PUNT  RET/YDS 

22/218 

25/270 

Possession 

34:41 

25:19 

KO  RET/ YDS 

44/846 

60/1089 

PENALTIES 

72/569 

t 

i7/528 

SCORE  BY  PERIODS 

FUMBLES/LOST 

26/11 

30/12 

BC  (10-2)              17 

14 

0 

14— 

45 

THIRD  DOWN  CONV 

60/ 1  5  1 

62/158 

Houston  (7-5)         7 

7 

14 

0— 

28 

INDIVIDUAL  STATISTICS 

INDIVIDUAL  STATISTICS 

RUSHING 

TC 

YG 

AVG 

TD 

LG 

RUSHING         TC 

YG 

AVG 

TD 

LG 

Stradford 

146 

711 

4.7 

5 

44 

Stradford              20 

196 

9.8 

1 

37 

Strachan 

94 

466 

4.9 

9 

30 

Strachan               23 

91 

1 

2 

13 

Bell 

77 

379 

4.5 

2 

71 

Doug  Flutie            4 

51 

12.8 

0 

27 

Doug  Fluii< 

62 

328 

2.4 

i 

29 

Darren  Flutie          1 

8 

8 

0 

8 

Browne 

23 

85 

3.1 

1 

11 

Bell                            1 

2 

2 

0 

2 

Taylor 

15 

62 

3.9 

1 

15 

Phelan                          1 

5 

5 

0 

5 

Darren  Flutie          4 

44 

11 

1 

19 

Phelan 

7 

37 

5.3 

0 

12 

PASSING        ATT 

CP 

YDS 

TD 

INT 

Williams 

5 

26 

4.8 

0 

15 

Doug  Flutie          37 

13 

180 

3 

2 

Peach 

1 

I) 

0 

0 

0 

1  lalloran 

2 

0 

0 

0 

0 

RECEIVING 

Phelan 

NO 

7 

YDS 

'0 

TD 

1 

LG 

20 

PASSING 

ATT 

CP 

YDS 

TD 

INT 

Stradford 

4 

It) 

1 

8 

Flutie 

386 

233 

3454 

27 

11 

Martin 

1 

63 

1 

63 

Halloran 

() 

3 

19 

(1 

0 

C  rieselman 

1 

7 

(i 

7 

RECEIVING    NO 

YDS 

AVG 

TD 

LG 

INTERCEPTIONS 

NO 

YDS 

LG 

TD 

Phelan 

64 

971 

15.2 

3 

51 

Russell 

1 

11 

11 

0 

Martin 

37 

715 

19.3 

1(1 

45 

Thurman 

1 

5 

5 

0 

Stradford 

37 

422 

1  11 

5 

40 

( rieselman 

32 

I'M 

lit. 

4 

23 

PUNTING 

NO 

YDS    AVG 

LG 

Strachan 

12 

89 

7.4 

1 

19 

Peach 

8 

239 

29  'i 

36 

Darren  Flutie           9 

2 1  1 

23.8 

1 

51 

( lasparriellt 

>          9 

131 

1  1  6 

1 

31 

PUNT 

1  )ombrov\  s 

ci          9 

I(>1 

18.2 

0 

15 

RETURNS 

NO 

YDS 

LG 

TD 

B.  Murphy 

3 

42 

11 

(I 

25 

Martin 

2 

-1 

(I 

0 

K.    Bell 

3 

28 

'i   ; 

0 

17 

Browne 

3 

28 

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1 

13 

KICKOFF 

S.  William 

;              1 

26 

26 

1 

26 

RETURNS 

NO 

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LG 

TD 

s    Murphy 

1 

17 

17 

(I 

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Taylor 

2 

31 

16 

0 

( fiaquinto 

1 

8 

8 

0 

8 

Williams 

1 

1  1 

1 1 

0 

20 


Me  and  Doug 

The  transformation  of  an  armchair  fan 


BY  PAUL  DOHERTY 


The  announced  reason  for  the  trip 
to  New  Haven  a  year  ago  last  fall  was 
to  encounter  landmarks,  first,  the  Yale 
campus,  and,  later,  on  the  way  home, 
Mystic  Seaport.  The  game  itself  at  the 
Yale  Bowl  was  to  be  but  the  sly  occa- 
sion for  mobilizing  the  family  for  the 
drive.  I  am  pretty  good  at  conning 
myself,  as  you  shall  soon  learn. 


At  some  point  during  the  game,  or 
more  precisely,  at  some  point  during 
the  first  half — her  second  half  was 
spent  resting  in  the  back  seat  of  the 
car — my  younger  daughter  Katie 
discovered  Doug  Flutie,  by  way  of  his 
picture  in  the  game  program.  She  was 
not  the  first,  as  she  now  insists,  nor,  as 
we  all  know,  the  last.  But  for  quite 
some  time  I  was  able  to  pretend  that  it 


was  her  keen  interest  in  the  subject, 
not  my  own,  which  was  so  humorously 
extreme.  A  couple  of  months  later,  just 
after  classes  broke  for  Christmas  vaca- 
tion, I  resolved  to  get  his  autograph 
for  her,  and  walked  down  to  Roberts 
Center. 

It  may  be  hard  for  you  to  believe 
this  now,  when  every  move  of  Flutie 


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makes  the  six  and  eleven  o'clock  news 
on  all  three  channels,  but  I  was  truly 
surprised  to  learn  from  the  graduate 
assistant  who  answered  my  knock,  that 
the  team  had  flown  to  Memphis  earlier 
that  day  to  begin  workouts  for  the 
Liberty  Bowl.  He  consoled  me  with  a 
glossy  5x7  photograph,  which  I 
decided  to  keep  for  myself;  I  would  try 
for  the  autograph  at  some  later  date. 

I  was  not  exactly  a  sudden  convert. 
It  was  as  a  freshman  that  Flutie  had 
first  attracted  my  affection,  when  a 
reporter  for  the  Boston  Globe  sought 
him  out  the  day  after  one  of  his  starr- 
ing roles,  and  eventually  located  him 
playing  touch  football  at  a  Natick 
playground.  As  I  remember,  he  ex- 
plained that  football  was  fun,  and  that 
he  played  as  often  as  he  had  the 
chance.  And  then  the  BC  team  began 
beating  major  teams  regularly, 
something  that  hadn't  happened  since 
before  World  War  II.  There  followed 
the  Tangerine  Bowl,  national  rankings, 
the  first  pass  at  the  Heisman,  the  sec- 
ond bowl  game,  and  by  the  time  that 
the  1984  football  season  was  about  to 
begin,  there  was  a  regular  checklist  of 
Flutie  topics  to  be  considered 
daily — too  small,  which  league,  how 
much,  whose  record. 

As  the  season  moved  along,  I  at- 
tended every  game  I  could,  watched 
on  TV  or  heard  on  radio  (excruciating 
deprivation)  those  I  could  not.  I  was 
combing  four  daily  and  two  weekly 
newspapers  and  several  magazines  for 
such  information  and  insights  as  might 
be  gleaned.  I  dropped  down  to  practice 
one  afternoon  just  before  Thanksgiv- 
ing— why  hadn't  I  thought  of  it 
before? — and,  noting  that  Flutie  was 
being  interviewed  by  one  of  the  net- 
works, felt  a  special  reason  to  be 
grateful;  I  was  going  to  be  able  to 
watch  in  just  a  few  hours  exactly  what 
I  was  watching  at  this  very  minute. 

The  period  from  the  conclusion  of 
the  Miami  game  to  the  Cotton  Bowl 
was  like  a  brilliant  and  booming  end- 
ing to  a  fireworks  display:  The 
touchdown  pass  to  his  brother  Darren 
against  Holy  Cross,  the  flight  from 
Worcester  to  the  Heisman  ceremony, 
and  then,  leading  up  to  the  Cotton 
Bowl  game  itself,  a  succession  of  head 


As  I  look  back  on  it — not 
that  I  am  entirely  out  of  the 
woods,  mind  you — I  am  baf- 
fled by  my  fascination  with 

this  young  football  player. 


tables,  airports,  and  limos,  and  the 
mysterious  and  troublesome  little 
drama  of  the  theft  and  subsequent 
return  of  the  helmet,  an  event  which 
showed,  for  the  first  and  only  time, 
Futie's  pique,  reluctant,  restrained, 
altogether  understandable. 

As  I  look  back  on  it,  not  that  I  am 
entirely  out  of  the  woods,  mind  you,  I 
am  baffled  by  my  fascination  with  this 
young  football  player — mine  and,  since 
you're  still  reading,  perhaps  ours.  I 
had  in  the  past  prided  myself  as  a 
serious,  objective,  and  mature  critic 
and  viewer  of  sporting  events,  admir- 
ing the  grace,  geometry  and  hazard  of 
the  games,  the  power,  coordination, 
and  stamina  of  the  players,  distrusting 
the  jangling  medley  of  mythic  grand- 
eur and  petty  gossip  which  so  often  in- 
terfered with  the  telling  of  them.  It  was 
a  position  I  had  chosen  of  necessity; 
since  it  was  clear  that  I  could  not  help 
spending  an  unseemly  amount  of  time 
watching  and  listening  to  the  games,  I 
would  try  to  place  them  in  a  perspec- 
tive which  allowed  them  their  ap- 
propriate dignity  with  a  little  left  over 
for  me.  Which  reflections  bring  me 
right  back  to  the  recent  season  and  to 
my  relentless  attention  to  every 
reported  movement,  not  just  of  Flutie, 
but  of  his  fiancee,  his  family,  his 
roommate,  his  teammates,  his  coach. 
Take,  for  example,  his  father.  By  his 
voice,  his  laugh,  his  gait,  his  old 
Volkswagen,  I  could  recognize  Dick 
Flutie  anywhere  now,  and  strike  up  a 
conversation  which  might  easily  range 
over  a  number  of  subjects,  from  his 
own  childhood  and  courting  days  to  his 
hobbies,  his  job,  or  his  philosophy  of 
child-rearing. 

"After  such  knowledge,  what 
forgiveness?"  First  of  all,  I  find  some 
solace  in  the  Nicomachean  Ethics,  in 
which  Aristotle  demonstrates  that 


every  human  activity  is  directed  at 
some  human  good.  And  it  takes  no 
genius  to  see  that  Flutie  has  mastered 
a  most  difficult  activity.  If  you  have 
ever  gripped  a  football — which  in  itself 
is  difficult — and  tried  to  throw  it,  you 
hardly  need  to  be  reminded  that  to  do 
this  well,  that  is  to  throw  it  hard  and 
quickly  and  accurately  and  for  a 
distance,  and  then  to  do  this,  not  off  in 
an  open  field  somewhere,  like  an  arch- 
er or  golfer,  with  all  the  time  in  the 
world,  but  to  do  this  under  the  most 
urgent  deadline — those  mighty  linemen 
bearing  down  on  you,  all  grunts  and 
arms,  and  farther  back,  their  nimbler 
teammates  converging  upon  your  dis- 
tant target — and  now,  just  at  this 
critical  moment  to  be  able  to  add  to 
those  abilities  of  strength  and  speed 
and  accuracy  and  power  the  rarest 
talent  of  all,  that  instant  and  impromp- 
tu adjustment  of  arc  and  velocity 
known  as  touch,  and  thereby  direct  the 
ball  so  that  it  descends  cleanly  to  its  in- 
tended target,  and  finally,  to  do  this 
not  once  or  twice,  but  20  or  30  times 
each  game — why,  the  mere  description 
takes  the  breath  away,  completely. 

But  it  was  more  than  mere  technical 
excellence.  There  was  the  virtuosity, 
the  gaiety,  and  the  exuberance  of  the 
performances.  Like  the  eponymous 
hero  of  the  Buddy  books  which  were 
all  my  delight  in  the  fifth  and  sixth 
grade,  who  jumped  in  the  air  and 
clicked  his  heels  three  times  to  express 
his  happiness  over  some  bit  of  good 
fortune,  Flutie  also  had  that  neat  trick 
of  jumping  for  joy,  usually  into  a 
teammate's  arms. 

Who  does  not  recall  his  brother 
holding  him  aloft  when  the  referee's 
arms  shot  up,  touchdown,  after  the 
final  play  of  the  Miami  game?  But 
there  was,  in  addition  to  the  exu- 
berance, the  marvelous  setting  which 
enhanced  it.  In  fact,  if  you  can  stand 
it,  lets  roll  back  the  final  shots  of  that 
game  once  more. 

First  we  see  the  magnificent  Kosar 
talking  with  his  coach  along  the 
sidelines  during  a  time-out,  and  we 
overhear  him  demeaning  profanely  the 
abilities  of  our  defensive  linemen. 
Next,  the  ensuing  Miami  touchdown. 


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a  routine  plunge,  but  six  points 
nonetheless,  and  now  they're  ahead. 
Now,  to  Flutie,  closeup,  nodding  his 
head  as  if  calculating  the  algorithm  of 
possibilities  which  the  next  28  seconds 
just  may  present.  The  camera  now 
pans  the  Miami  bench  and  finds 
Kosar,  no  longer  watching  the  game 
even,  but  accepting  the  congratulations 
of  his  teammates.  The  action  now  hav- 
ing been  brought  to  the  point  of 
climax — the  conclusion  of  The  Natural 
was  no  more  artfully  constructed — the 
pace  slows,  as  a  couple  of  medium 
length  completions  and  an  incomple- 
tion  bring  us  to  the  denouement. 

From  a  high  and  distant  camera,  we 
view  The  Pass  itself,  about  which 
nothing  more  is  to  be  said.  Back  to 
ground  level  and  to  Phelan,  falling  for- 
ward behind  the  luckless  Fullington, 
clutching  the  ball  to  his  stomach  just 
before  he  hits  the  ground,  jumping 
back  up,  holding  the  ball  at  arm's 
length,  and  then  being  pummeled  back 
to  the  earth  by  his  teammates.  And 
last,  the  shot  that  got  me  started  on 
this  retrospective,  Flutie  jumping  for 
joy  into  his  brother's  grasp,  churning 
his  arms  to  help  the  two  of  them  motor 
through  the  mist  toward  the  end  zone 
melee. 

Another  explanation  for  my  pro- 
found admiration,  besides  Flutie's 
sheer  talent  and  his  gorgeous  sense  of 
the  dramatic,  is  that  by  all  accounts, 
he  has  borne  his  outrageous  good  for- 
tune most  fittingly.  On  the  field,  as  a 
player,  he  is  of  course,  protected,  by 
sidelines,  lines  of  scrimmage,  whistles, 
officials,  and  stout  comrades.  But  the 
rest  of  the  time,  off  the  field,  as  a 
public  figure,  he  is  at  risk.  His  profes- 
sion, football  player,  is  one  of  deeds, 
not  words,  yet  we  require  that  he 
speak,  too,  and  especially  since  the  end 
of  the  season,  he  is  seldom  seen 
without  a  faceful  of  microphones.  His 
strategy  in  this  regard,  I  gather,  is  to 
be  polite,  to  seem  interested  and  to 
respond  predictably.  Every  so  often, 
though,  he'll  offer  something  totally 
unexpected,  yet  quite  in  character. 

Verbal  exuberance:  His  announce- 
ment that  if  he  had  a  Heisman  ballot 
next  year,  he  was  ready  to  cast  it  for 


On  the  field,  he  is  of  course, 
protected.  But  the  rest  of  the 
time,  he  is  at  risk.  His  pro- 
fession, football  player,  is  one 
of  deeds,  not  words,  yet  we 
require  that  he  speak,  too. 


Troy  Stradford;  his  revelation  that  his 
brother  Darren  had  quarterbacking 
skills  that  would  surpass  his  own;  his 
lusty  celebration  of  Phelan's  4.5 
40-yard-dash  at  the  NFL  trials. 

Considered  reflection:  Acknowledg- 
ing that,  while  of  course,  luck  played 
its  part  in  the  Miami  pass,  he  qualified 
that  easy  judgment,  and  offered  the 
proposition  that  the  play,  "Flood 
Tip,"  was  not  quite  the  long  shot  that 
one  might  think,  and  backed  up  his 
point  by  ticking  off  other  instances 
when  it  had  or  had  almost  succeeded. 

Simple  honesty:  I  thought  his 
Heisman  speech  was  superb.  I  had  an- 
ticipated, and  would  have  been  quite 
satisfied  with  a  conventional  "without- 
whom-it-would-not-have-been-poss- 
ible"  response.  Instead,  he  appeared 
to  be  genuinely  entranced  by  his  posi- 
tion as  the  honored  guest  among  so 
many  of  football's  greatest  figures.  As 
he  spoke,  he  convinced  me,  at  least, 
that  he  was  in  direct  touch  with  his  in- 
nermost sentiments,  which  is  never 
easy,  and  much  less  so  when  the  whole 
country  is  looking  on.  I  thought  that 
his  education  had  achieved  the  same 
goals  that  the  ancient  Persians  sought 
in  their  young  men;  they  held  that 
three  things  were  to  be  learned — to 
ride  well,  to  shoot  straight  and  to 
speak  the  truth. 

I  have  spent  these  last  few  par- 
agraphs trying  to  discover  the  nature 
of  Flutie's  appeal,  and  for  my  pains 
am  most  certainly  a  bit  closer  to  my 
own  death  and  not  at  all  closer  to  that 
discovery.  So  it  is  time  to  leave  those 
inconclusive  speculations  and  return  to 
the  main  thread  of  the  narrative.  You 
will  recall  that  when  I  broke  off,  I  had 
just  reported  my  failure  to  obtain 
Flutie's  autograph.  This  season  I  had 
different  luck  in  that  quest,  and  it 


came  about  in  this  way. 

Flutie  had  returned  to  campus  from 
one  of  his  post-Heisman  trips,  and 
word  had  leaked  out  that  he  was  going 
to  be  taking  a  late  final  exam  in 
Gasson  Hall,  in  a  room  very  near  my 
office.  A  trap  was  laid.  Waiting  for 
him  when  he  arrived  were  the  Flutie 
Sports  Illustrated  cover,  and  a  broad- 
tipped  felt  pen — I  was  leaving  nothing 
to  chance.  When  he  left  off  his  exam, 
he  was  handed  the  £7  cover,  which  he 
duly  signed.  In  turn,  the  cover  was 
returned  to  me.  I  was  touched  imme- 
diately by  the  munificence  of  its  in- 
scription, expecially  measured  against 
the  meanness  of  my  own  strategem. 
'To  Katie  Doherty,  Best  wishes,  from 
Doug  Flutie  #22."  Nine  words  had 
been  granted  where  only  two  had  been 
sought. 

The  next  day  I  read  that  Flutie  had 
developed  callouses  on  two  fingers 
from  signing  so  many  autographs. 
Why  had  I  pursued  my  selfish  project 
so  relentlessly?  Wasn't  it  silly  enough 
just  being  a  walking  Flutie  scrapbook? 
During  the  second  half  of  the  Cotton 
Bowl  game  he  threw  a  very  weak  pass, 
which  was  intercepted  and  returned  for 
a  touchdown.  He  told  reporters  after 
the  game,  not  by  way  of  excuse,  but  as 
a  matter  of  simple  fact,  that  he  had  not 
been  able  to  get  a  good  grip  on  that 
ball.  "Oh,  no,"  I  thought,  "the 
callouses."  I  now  believe  that  I  was 
merely  attempting  to  make  myself  the 
center  of  Flutie's  universe,  just  as  he 
had  become  the  center  of  mine.  For- 
tunately for  me,  and  none  too  soon, 
there  were  no  more  games  to  be 
played,  and  the  subsequent  contract 
negotiations  have  proven  to  be  as 
soporific  as  the  season  was  stimulating. 
My  guess  is  that  Flutie  agrees.  What 
he  talks  about  most  nowadays  is  learn- 
ing his  new  team's  playbook.  I  wish 
him  every  success,  of  course,  and  ex- 
pect he  will  do  fine  without  me.  I'm 
not  worried  about  him  at  all. 

Paul  Doherty,  whose  baseball  career  with  the 
A  rlington  Hoboes  ended  shortly  before  the 
advent  of  sports  television,  is  an  associate 
professor  in  the  English  Department  and 
associate  dean  of  Arts  and  Sciences  during 
this  academic  year. 


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BY  PAULETTE  BOUDREAUX 


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oston  college  s  paradigm  acaaemic 
building  will  not  be  named  for  a  professorial 
scholar  or  ecclesiastical  figure,  but  for  a  former  student 
who  has  exercised  leadership  in  public  service  to  people 
of  every  social  station,  of  high  estate  and  low.  ' 

— President  J.  Donald  Monan,  SJ 


II  HE  O'NEILLS 


i     LL,  JR|.  LIBRAR 


^"^SPEAKER 
O'NEILL— "I  AM 

PROUD" 


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MILDRED— A 

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A  NEW  ERA  BEGINS 


-STUDENT 
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PEAKS    FR<  )\l 

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D'CONNEI.I 

SISHOP  RILEY  '36, 

TRUSTEE  CHAIR 

vlAN  DAVID 
II  son  '57,  [D  '60, 

FR    MONAN,  AND 

III'  AND  MILDRED 

J'NEILL. 

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On  the  blustery  after- 
noon of  Oct.  14,  1984, 
Speaker  of  the  US 
House  of  Represen- 
tatives Thomas  P. 
O'Neill,  Jr.  '36,  stood  in 
front  of  a  large  granite- 
clad  structure  bearing  his 
name,  and  said  "thank 
you"  to  the  Boston  Col- 
lege community. 

"I  have  declined  many 
offers  to  name  buildings 
after  me,"  he  said,  "but 
this  time  I  made  an  ex- 
ception because  this  col- 
lege has  meant  so  much 
to  me,  to  my  family  and 
to  my  community.  I  am 
proud  of  its  past  and  I 
am  proud  to  play  a  part 
in  its  future." 

O'Neill's  eloquently  sim- 
ple acceptance  of  the 
honor  his  alma  mater 
had  bestowed  upon  him 
not  only  marked  the 
opening  of  a  building 
larger  than  any  other 
built  on  the  Heights 
before  it,  and  the 
achievement  of  a  new 
level  of  technological 
sophistication  in  library 
science,  but  signaled  a 
coming  of  age  for  Boston 
College — the  reaching  of 
a  new  plateau  in  the  on- 
going and  sometimes 
heady  evolution  of  a 
small  college  for  Irish 
Catholic  boys  into  a  na- 
tional institution  of 
higher  learning. 

'The  University  look  a 
quantum  leap  with  the 
opening  of  the  O'Neill," 
Charles  Donovan,  SJ, 
University  historian  and 


former  academic  vice 
president,  said  in  a  re- 
cent interview.  "It  gave 
an  academic  and  psycho- 
logical lift  to  both  faculty 
and  students.  Now, 
we're  at  the  cutting  edge 
of  the  21st  century." 

And  recently,  University 
President  J.  Donald 
Monan,  SJ,  noted  that 
by  providing  a  new  and 
inviting  center  for  learn- 
ing and  contemplation, 
"the  O'Neill  Library  has 
begun  to  transform  the 
campus  lifestyle." 

The  words  of  Frs. 
Donovan  and  Monan 
seem  to  echo  general 
sentiment  about  the  new 
library.  And  the  1,500 
people  who  attended  the 
dedication  ceremony  on 
the  O'Neill  plaza  seem 
to  have  represented  only 
the  tip  of  an  iceberg  of 
pride  and  appreciation 
that  the  new  building 
has  engendered. 

"As  a  senior  in  1928,  I 
was  proud  to  have  been 
present  at  the  dedication 
of  Bapst,  still  the  most 
beautiful  building  on 


campus,"  said  Jack 
Doherty  '28.  "As  a 
proud  and  happy  alum- 
nus, my  cup  runneth 
over  at  the  dedication  of 
the  O'Neill  Library." 

"It's  great  to  see  the 
University  doing  so 
well,"  said  John 
McNeice,  Jr.  '54.  "And 
it's  great  to  be  an  alum- 
nus of  a  school  that's  on 
the  leading  edge  of  infor- 
mation technology  and 
educational  resources." 

Alumnus  Roy  Heffernan 
'16,  who  attended  the 
dedication  in  spite  of 
failing  health  and  the 
cold  weather,  said,  "The 
marvelous  growth  and 
development  of  Boston 
College  never  ceases  to 
amaze  me.  The  college  I 
attended  in  1912  was 
launched  in  a  modest 
brick  structure  adjoining 
the  fine  old  Church  of 
the  Immaculate  Concep- 
tion. We  had  no  campus 
or  field  for  athletics.  For 
football  practice  we 
trudged  a  half-mile  to 
the  Locust  Street  Play- 
ground where,  after  a 
grueling  scrimmage,  we 


frequently  discovered 
that  the  showers  yielded 
no  hot  water." 

Since  opening  its  doors 
last  summer,  the  O'Neill 
has  experienced  daily  in- 
vasions of  students  and 
faculty  eager  to  take  ad- 
vantage of  the  new  ser- 
vices and  the  new  at- 
mosphere. 

"We  have  5,000  people 
visiting  the  library  each 
day,"  O'Neill  Librarian 
Jeremy  Slinn  said  in 
December.  "That's  two 
and  a-half  times  more 
people  than  we  were 
dealing  with  in  Bapst." 

"We  put  12  terminals 
in,"  said  University 
Librarian  Thomas 
O'Connell  '50,  referring 
to  the  computer  ter- 
minals that  access  the 
card  catalogue,  "and 
we've  had  to  order  12 
more  to  meet  demand." 

Circulation,  too,  is  at  a 
record  high  of  over 
20,000  volumes  per 
month — a  50  percent  in- 
crease over  the  circula- 
tion rate  last  year  in 
Bapst. 


THE  BUILDING  OF  A  DREAM 


In  1975,  when  Boston 
College  hired  Tom 
O'Connell  as  its  Univer- 
sity librarian.  His  first 
task — at  the  request  of 
President  Monan — was 
to  evaluate  the  system  in 
his  charge. 

Before  he  had  been  on 
the  job  a  week,  O'Con- 
nell had  made  his  assess- 
ment: Bapst  was  a  stun- 
ning library  building; 
built,  however,  to  house 
300,000  volumes  and 
serve  1,200  commuter 
students,  it  was  cram- 
med with  upwards  of 
700,000  volumes  and 
serving  some  14,000 
undergraduates,  as  well 
as  graduate  students  and 
a  large  research-oriented 
faculty. 

O'Connell  said  in  a 
memorandum  to  Presi- 
dent Monan:  "If  Boston 
College  believes  that  the 
condition  of  its  library  is 
a  significant  reflection  of 
the  academic  health  of 
the  University,  if  it 
believes  that  the  dif- 
ference between  the 
passive  pupil  and  the  ac- 
tive student  is  the  desire 
and  the  ability  to  use  a 
library,  then  it  must  now 
give  precedence  to 
assessing  its  library  col- 
lections and  to  planning 
their  future  growth, 
housing  and  servicing." 

O'Connell's  findings  and 
his  recommendations 
could  have  surprised  few 
people  familiar  with 
library  use  on  the 
Heights.  Dreams  of  a 


new  library  structure  to 
supplement  Bapst  had 
been  around  for  more 
than  20  years,  and  the 
growth  of  the  College 
during  the  1960s  and 
'70s  had,  in  many 
thoughtful  minds,  made 
the  realization  of  that 
dream  an  imperative  for 
the  health  of  the  Univer- 
sity. 

The  assessment  O'Con- 
nell called  for  in  his 
memorandum  began 
almost  immediately.  Fr. 
Monan  formed  a  Uni- 
versity Library  Building 
Committee  under 
O'Connell's  direction. 
The  president  advised 
the  committee  of  his 
desire  that  Bapst  should 
continue  in  use  as  a 
library  and  that  any  new 
facility  should  be  located 
on  the  middle  level  of 
the  main  campus  where 
it  would  be  most  accessi- 
ble and  occupy  a  central 
campus  position. 

The  notion  of  adding  on 
to  Bapst  was  considered 
and  discarded. 
"[Bapst],"  O'Connell 
wrote  in  the  committee 
report,  "represents, 
together  with  Gasson 
Hall,  St.  Mary's  and 
Devlin  Hall,  the  domi- 
nant physical  image  of 
Boston  College.  It  is  of 
great  beauty.  To  change 
the  exterior  of  Bapst,  to 
enlarge  it,  even  to  en- 
croach on  it  by  building 
near  it,  would  do  an 


aesthetic  harm  to  the 
university  which  could 
never  be  redeemed." 

The  committee  then  set 
to  work  defining  what 
would  ultimately  become 
the  Thomas  P.  O'Neill, 
Jr.  Library — a  modern 
and  complete  central 
research  facility,  in- 
tegrating almost  all  of 
the  existing  University 
library  system,  incor- 
porating the  latest  in 
library  computerization, 
and  providing  inviting 
yet  functional  study 
space. 

In  determining  possible 
locations  for  the  new 
facility,  the  committee 
set  its  sights  on  an  area 
that  had  been  suggested 
by  O'Connell's  pre- 
decessor, Brendan  Con- 
nolly, SJ.  It  was  bound- 
ed by  Devlin,  St.  Mary's 
and  Gasson  halls,  and  on 
one  of  the  main  student 
traffic  routes  to  and  from 
dormitories  on  the  lower 
campus. 

But  one  doesn't  simply 
drop  a  new  building 
among  the  English  Col- 
legiate Gothic  master- 
pieces that  line  Linden 
Lane.  O'Connell  wrote: 
"[A]ny  new  building 
should  unobtrusively 
enhance  but  never 
dominate,  never  even 
seek  to  join  as  an  equal, 
the  towers  on  the 
Heights... This  building, 
however,  can,  if  the  ar- 
chitectural challenge  is 
met,  insure  by  itself  that 


our  generation  will  not 
lessen  that  glory  of  spire 
that  our  predecessors  en- 
trusted to  us." 

Some  seven  years  later, 
during  O'Neill  dedica- 
tion ceremonies,  O'Con- 
nell would  report  that 
the  architectural  chal- 
lenge had,  in  fact,  been 
met  with  great  success. 

In  June,  1978,  following 
many  committee  and 
subcommittee  meetings 
on  the  subject  of  the  new 
library,  The  Architects 
Collaborative,  Inc., 
(TAC)  of  Cambridge 
was  selected  to  design 
the  new  facility.  Royston 
Daley  would  serve  as 
principal  architect. 

Richard  White  Sons, 
Inc.,  of  Auburndale 
would  later  be  chosen  as 
construction  manager. 
And  scores  of  committee 
meetings  would  take 
place  to  consider  deci- 
sions on  matters  ranging 
from  carpet  color 
(mauve)  to  the  typeface 
on  signage  (Palatino). 

In  1981,  the  University 
received  a  $15  million 
federal  loan  for  library 
construction.  That 
money,  a  $7.5  million 
federal  grant,  gifts  in  ex- 
cess of  $3  million,  and  a 
bond  issue  would  make 
up  the  $28  million  cost 
of  the  structure.  On  Oc- 
tober 18,  1981,  ground 
was  broken.  President 


O'NEILL 


LIBRARY 


FACTS 


►SIZE:  BC's 
largest  building  at 
205,000  gross  square 
feet  spread  over  five 
floors 


►COST: 

$28  million 


►SEATING 
CAPACITY:  1,150, 
expandable  to  1,350 

►BOOK 
CAPACITY: 

1,000,000, 
expandable  to 
1,250,000 

►STAFF:  80 

►FURNISHINGS: 

wall-to-wall 
carpeting,  natural 
oak  woodwork  and 
cabinets,  steel 
shelves 

►  INTERIOR 
COLORS:  mauve 
carpet,  royal-blue 
shelving,  soft-grey 
walls 

►PLAZA:  Brick 
paved,  and  terraced 
to  form  seating  areas 

►ARCHITEC- 
TURAL  DETAILS: 

Skylit  atrium 
passageway  linking 
lower  and  middle 
campuses;  cloister- 
like porch  fronting 
main  level 


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THE  ATRIUM— A 
PASSAGEWAY 
BETWEEN  LOWER 
\ND  UPPER 
CAMPUS 


►  ►A  READING 
AREA 


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know  I  speak  for  many  who  see  in  the 
O'Neill  a  library  which  will  provide  for  this 
and  succeeding  generations  of  questers  the  resources 
needed  to  define  goals  and  shape  aspirations.  ' 


—Prof.  P.  Albert  Duhamel 


■«THE  CLOISTER  - 

LIKE  PORTICO 


<THE  PUBLIC 
FACILITIES 
COMPUTER  ROOM 


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►KEYNOTE 
SPEAKER 
BOYER— "THE 
TIME  HAS  COME 
rO  WIRE   THE 
WORLD  " 


Monan  said,  "In  1909, 
Fr.  Thomas  Gasson 
stood  only  a  few  feet 
from  where  we  are 
assembled  and  placed  a 
spade  in  the  earth  to 
convert  it  from  fertile 
farm  land  into  this 
magnificent  University 
campus.  Seventy-two 
years  later,  I  have  the 
privilege  of  welcoming 
each  of  you  as  we 
reenact  Fr.  Gasson 's 
beginning — and  in- 
deed— begin  anew." 

Smith  College  President 
Jill  Conway,  the  featured 
speaker,  said  of  the  new 
library,  "I  see  the 
building  being  built  here 


as  a  fortress  in  the  battle      £ 

PC 

(against  illiteracy) — one 
which  will  carry  out  all 
the  necessary  functions 
to  see  that... this  enter- 
prise will  go  on  and  this 
institution  will  perpetual- 
ly mount  that  battle." 

Construction  began  the 
next  day. 

In  the  midst  of  the 
30-month  construction 
period,  the  University's 
Board  of  Trustees  voted 
to  name  the  building  in 
honor  of  Speaker 
O'Neill.  On  July  16, 
1984,  the  O'Neill 
Library  opened  for 
business. 


A  DAY  OF  THANKSGIVING  AND  CELEBRATION 


'The  dedication  of  the 
O'Neill,"  said  Philo- 
matheia  Professor  of 
English  P.  Albert 
Duhamel,  "brought  the 
realization  of  a  long  an- 
ticipated and  hoped  for 
library  and  research 
facility,  (but)  the  dedica- 
tion ceremony  itself  also 
brought  the  community 
together — alumni,  ad- 
ministrators, students 
and  faculty,  all  united  in 
celebration.  I  was  im- 
pressed. It  was  a  classy 
performance  all  the  way 
through;  the  music,  the 
speeches,  the  dinner 
afterwards — nothing  was 
out  of  place." 


The  event,  in  fact,  was 
replete  with  all  the 
elements  of  a  Boston 
College  academic 
celebration:  words  of 
warmth,  of  learning  and 
of  thanks  to  God.  With  a 
proud  O'Connell  pre- 
siding as  master  of 
ceremonies,  it  included 
the  dedication  of  the 
building  by  President 
Monan,  a  response  by 
Speaker  O'Neill,  a  brief 
address  by  Duhamel 
representing  the  faculty, 
a  blessing  and  invocation 
by  Auxiliary  Bishop  of 
Boston  Lawrence  Riley 
'36,  and  a  keynote  ad- 


dress by  Ernest  L. 
Boyer,  president  of  the 
Carnegie  Foundation  for 
the  Advancement  of 
Teaching.  Boyer  re- 
ceived the  Joseph 
Coolidge  Shaw,  SJ, 
Medal.  Named  after  the 
first  benefactor  of  the 
Boston  College  library, 
the  Shaw  Medal  was 
established  to  honor 
distinguished  University 
guests  during  the 
academic  "Year  of  the 
Library." 

It  was  not  all  words.  A 
procession  by  student 


leaders  and  robed  faculty 
opened  the  event. 
Musical  performances 
were  provided  by  the 
University  Chorale 
under  the  direction  of 
Composer  in  Residence 
C.  Alexander  Peloquin. 
With  Assistant  Chaplain 
Laetitia  Blain  as  soloist, 
the  selections  included 
an  original  Peloquin 
score  of  "God  My 
Glory,"  a  translation  of 
Psalm  1  9  by  Theology 
Professor  Francis 
Sullivan,  SJ.  And  the 
Liturgical  Dance  Ensem- 
ble performed  under  the 


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direction  of  Artist  in 
Residence  Robert 
VerEecke,  SJ. 

That  evening,  in 
McElroy  Commons, 
some  1 ,000  guests 
honored  the  Speaker  at  a 
dinner  where  Blain  sang 
renditions  of  O'Neill's 
favorite  songs  and 
"Roast  Tenderloin  Tip 
O'Neill"  was  the  entree. 

In  his  dedication  ad- 
dress, President  Monan 
singled  out  the  Speaker 
as  the  prime  example  of 
an  alumnus  who  em- 
bodies the  ideals  of  the 
Jesuit  educational  tradi- 
tion—  learning,  leader- 
ship and  service  to  the 
community. 

"Boston  College's 
paradigm  academic 
building  will  not  be 
named  for  a  professorial 
scholar  or  an  eccle- 
siastical figure  or  an  im- 
aginative dean,"  said  the 
president,  "but  for  a 
former  student  who,  for 
48  years,  has  exercised 
leadership  in  public  ser- 
vice to  people  of  every 
social  station,  of  high 
estate  and  low,  persons 
of  power  and  of  incredi- 
ble fragility. 

"...In  an  era  where  the 
needs  and  problems  of 
the  human  family  are 
measured  in  the  millions 
of  anonymous  masses,  so 
that  meaningful  solutions 


can  only  be  expressed  in 
statistical  equations, 
Speaker  O'Neill  has 
always  seen  those  needs 
in  the  single  human  face. 

"...Naming  the  library 
in  honor  of  Speaker 
O'Neill,"  said  Fr. 
Monan,  "says  that 
wisdom  and  the  personal 
search  for  knowledge  are 
a  university's  most  trea- 
sured possession,  but 
that  knowledge  and  lear- 
ning must  not  be  allowed 
to  become  sterile.  Know- 
ledge is  creative;  it  does 
not  reach  its  full  purpose 
unless  it  is  taken  beyond 
the  university — into  the 
family  and  the  church, 
the  business  world  and 
the  chambers  of  govern- 
ment. " 

Responding  to  the  presi- 
dent, the  Speaker  said, 
"Boston  College  had  to 
overcome  great  odds  to 
become  the  great  na- 
tional university  it  is  to- 
day. Fifty  years  ago 
when  I  was  an  under- 
graduate, there  were 
four  buildings  on  the 
Heights.  Now,  there  are 
40.  There  were  1,500 
students  on  the  campus 
then.  Now,  there  are 
14,000. ..Despite  its 
growth,  (Boston  College) 
has  retained  its  unique 
identity.  It  has  done  so 
because  its  Jesuit  foun- 
dation has  nurtured 
respect  for  the  individual 
and  promoted  the  values 
of  a  religious  community 


dedicated  to  training 
future  leaders. 

"...Today,  we  celebrate 
the  addition  of  a 
magnificent  new  library. 
Because  a  University  is 
dedicated  to  learning 
and  because  books  are 
the  basic  instruments  of 
learning,  it  is  an  impor- 
tant step  forward.  The 
soul  of  a  Catholic  uni- 
versity is  its  chapel.  Its 
heart  is  its  library. 

".  ..I  hope  that  the 
students  and  faculty  who 
use  it  enjoy  its  comfort 
and  convenience  but  also 
recall  it  is  here  for  a  pur- 
pose, and  that  purpose  is 
to  help  make  the  Univer- 
sity community  better 
able  to  serve  the  com- 
munity of  faith  and  the 
community  of  state." 

During  his  address, 
keynote  speaker  Boyer 
told  the  audience  that 
the  modern  university 
has  a  new  role  to  play  in 
the  world,  and  suggested 
that  technology,  such  as 
that  contained  in  the 
O'Neill  Library,  can 
help  in  the  performance 
of  that  duty. 

'The  time  has  come  to 
wire  the  world  for 
humane  and  scholarly 
conversations  aimed  at 
enlightenment,"  said 
Boyer.  "The  time  has 
come  for  teachers  and 
scholars  and  artists  and 
religious  leaders  from 


around  the  world  to 
communicate  on  those 
consequential  issues  that 
transcend  politics,  na- 
tional boundaries  and 
narrow  interests  that 
restrict  our  larger  vision. 
The  university  com- 
munity, with  technology, 
can  connect  international 
scholars  in  a  search  for 
answers  to  our  most  vex- 
ing problems:  our  food, 
our  environment,  our 
energy  supply,  and  most 
urgently,  of  course, 
world  peace." 

Boyer  placed  the  new 
library  "at  the  forefront 
of  a  revolution  that  links 
technology  to  the  life  of 
learning. 

"Boston  College 
understands  the  impor- 
tance of  technology.  But, 
Boston  College  also 
understands  that  the 
answers  to  the  global 
issues  we  confront  must 
be  divinely  guided 
human  answers.  Boston 
College  understands  that 
through  technology  we 
must  build  new  informa- 
tion networks.  But, 
Boston  College  also 
understands  that  beyond 
information  there  is 
knowledge,  beyond 
knowledge  there  is 
wisdom,  and  beyond 
wisdom  there  is  faith." 


O'NEILL 


LIBRARY 


FACTS 


►CLADDING: 

Rockville  granite 
from  Minnesota 

►  SPECIAL 
SERVICES:  video 
and  audio  media 
department;  photo- 
copy center; 
resources  room  for 
the  vision  impaired 

►TENANTS: 
Computing  Center; 
a  140-station  public 
computer  terminal 
area;  nine  class- 
rooms; research  of- 
fice space;  and  the 
University  Telecom- 
munications Center 

►SYSTEMS:  Geac 
Library  Computer 
System,  handling 
both  acquisitions 
and  circulation  and 
accessed  through  12 
video  display  ter- 
minals in  the  library 
and  58  elsewhere  on 
campus;  the  On 
Line  Catalogue 
System  (OCLC),  a 
non-profit  inter- 
library  organization, 
with  eight  million 
titles  on  line; 
capability  through 
Geac  for  information 
retrieval  from 
databases 


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►C. ALEXANDER 
PELOQUIN  LEADS 
CHORALE  AND 
ORCHESTRAL 
ENSEMBLE 


►  PRESIDENT 
MONAN 
DEDICATES  A 
LIBRARY 


f  have  declined  many  offers  to  name  buildings 
JL  after  me,  but  this  time  I  made  an  exception 
because  this  college  has  meant  so  much  to  me,  to 
my  family  and  to  my  community.  ' 

—Speaker  Thomas  P.  0  'Neill,  Jr. 


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^LITURGICAL 
DANCE  ENSEMBLE 


-***AT  MCELROY 
DINNER,  TRUSTEE 
WILLIAM  CONNELI 
'59,  AND  FR. 
MONAN  PRESENT 
O'NEILLS  WITH  A 
RENDERING  OF 
THE  LIBRARY 


-*  FACULTY 
PROCESSION 
OPENS  THE 
FESTIVITIES 


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PRESIDENT 
,ONAN  AND  THE 
'EAKER  DURING 
EDICATION 

EREMONIES 


SERVING  THE  GENERATIONS  TO  COME 


No  place  among  the 
acres  of  stacks  in  the 
O'Neill  library  is  far 
from  a  comfortable 
chair,  a  cul-de-sac  of 
quiet,  an  enervating 
view  of  Boston's  towers. 
"The  O'Neill  is  the 
most  pleasant  place  to  do 
both  reading  and  re- 
search," said  Duhamel 
recently.  "There  are  any 
number  of  places  to  tuck 
yourself  away  and 
read." 

Said  History  Professor 
John  Heineman,  "I  real- 
ly enjoy  the  computer- 
ized card  cataloging.  It 
makes  my  research  much 
easier.  The  amount  of 
time  I  recently  saved  in 
doing  a  major  biblio- 
graphy involving  about 
100  titles  was  incredible. 
I  had  been  doing  my 
work  at  the  Widener 
library  at  Harvard.  Now 
I  use  the  O'Neill. 
Technically,  it's  ahead  of 
the  Widener." 

"The  O'Neill  provides 
an  excellent  studying  at- 
mosphere," said  Ann 
Jurewicz  '88.  "It's  easy 
to  find  the  materials  you 
need.  It's  intellectually 
stimulating.  It's  sort  of  a 
social  place,  too.  The 
first  floor  lobby  area  is 
more  for  socializing,  and 
then  you  go  onto  the  up- 
per levels  to  really 
study." 

Said  Edward  McMor- 
row,  a  political  science 
master's  candidate,  "I'm 


impressed  with  the  com- 
puter reference  area.  It's 
quite  useful  for  research 
and  a  vast  improvement 
over  going  through  the 
file  cabinets.  The  com- 
puterized reference 
system  also  encourages 
you  to  be  organized.  To 
use  it  most  successfully, 
you  need  to  know  what 
you're  looking  for." 

O'Neill,  of  course,  also 
serves  very  well  those 
who  don't  quite  know 
whal  they're  looking  for, 
but  who  are  looking 
anyway.  Duhamel,  in  his 
address  at  the  library 
dedication,  spoke  of  one 
of  these  "questers"  — 
Gene  Gant,  the  fictional 
Harvard  student  Thomas 
Wolfe  wrote  about  in  Of 
Time  and  the  River. 


Said  Duhamel:  '"At 
night,'  Wolfe  wrote  of 
his  hero,  'he  would 
prowl  the  stacks,  pulling 
books  out  of  a  thousand 
shelves  and  reading  them 
like  a  madman.  The 
thought  of  those  vast 
stacks  of  books  would 
drive  him  mad;  the  more 
he  read,  the  less  he 
seemed  to  know.' 

"...Bapst  Library," 
Duhamel  continued, 
"saw  many  a  Gene  or 
young  novice  of  many 
an  order  raiding  its 
shelves,  seeking,  like 
Shakespeare's  Prospero, 
another  incarnation  of 
that  perennial  dream  of 
learning,  some  clarifica- 
tion of  personal  goals, 


some  means  of  building 
a  better  world  within  the 
framework  of  that 
humanistic  tradition. 

"...I  know  I  speak  for 
many  who  see  in  the 
O'Neill  a  statement  as 
appropriate  to  our  day 
as  Bapst  was  to  its  day, 
a  library  which  will  pro- 
vide for  this  and  suc- 
ceeding generations  of 
questers  the  resources 
needed  to  define  goals 
and  shape  aspirations  as 
Bapst  did  in  Speaker 
O'Neill's  day;  and  as  the 
Speaker's  career  amply 
demonstrates,  not  only 
Boston  College,  but  the 
whole  of  society  will  be  a 
better  place.' ' 

Paulette  Boudreaux  is  a 

stall  writer. 


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Boston  is  his  beat 


Phil  Balboni's  job  has  been 
described  by  fellow  news  practi- 
tioners as  "being  in  the  ring  with  a 
big,  old  grizzly." 

As  vice  president  for  news  at 
WCVB-TV,  his  daily  challenge  is  to 
direct  some  90  professionals — 
reporters,  anchors,  producers, 
writers,  and  camera  people — in  cap- 
turing the  essential  action  of  Boston 
on  four  hours  of  news  programs. 

Proof  of  the  peril  is  the  average 
18-month  tenure  of  news  directors 
nationally.  But  Balboni  has  survived 
and  flourished  in  his  current  post 
since  1982.  During  a  recent  inter- 
view, Balboni  '64,  traced  the  road 
that  led  him  from  Norwood,  Mass., 
to  Vietnam  and  back  to  New  Eng- 
land. His  tale  was  that  of  a  Magna 
Cum  Laude  graduate  in  English 
literature  and  philosophy  now  im- 
mersed in  an  electronic  world. 

His  13  years  with  WCVB  have 
been  distinguished  by  the  creation 
of  several  innovative  news  formats. 
He  served  as  editorial  director  for 
six  years  prior  to  becoming  director 
of  public  affairs  in  1978.  It  was  in 
the  latter  job  that  he  conceived  of 
and  produced  "Chronicle,"  an 
evening  news  magazine  considered 
unique  in  American  television. 

That  half-hour  program,  which 
delves  into  a  local  or  national  sub- 
ject each  weekday,  exemplifies 
Balboni's  view  of  the  news.  "We're 
here  for  just  one  reason,"  he  says, 
"to  serve  and  inform  our  audience. 
My  job  as  news  director  is  to  keep 
that  thought  uppermost.  It's  so  easy 
to  become  subverted  by  the  ratings 
process  and  to  lose  sight  of  the  fact 
that  we  are  here  to  do  something 
very  important — almost  sacred." 

As  a  former  print  journalist  in 
Richmond,  Va.,  and  with  the  Uni- 
ted Press  in  Boston,  Balboni  is 
acutely  aware  of  research  showing 
that  television  is  the  primary  source 
of  information  for  most  people. 

"If  you  believe  those  surveys," 
he  said,  "you  take  very  seriously 
the  responsibility  to  do  the  best 
possible  job.  My  goal  is  to  produce 
the  most  outstanding  TV  news  in 
America,  to  set  an  example  of  in- 


telligent, progressive  television." 

A  key  factor  in  such  responsible 
television,  Balboni  says,  is  em- 
phasizing "human  values,"  an  ele- 
ment often  lost  in  the  competition  of 
rating  wars.  He  is  critical  of  televi- 
sion's tendency  to  emphasize  crime 
and  violence,  rather  than  provide 
information  which  helps  people  cope 
with  and  enjoy  their  lives.  "We  still 
have  a  long  way  to  go,"  he  said, 
"but  I  believe  we're  better  than 
ever  before  and  that  we're  setting 
broadcast  news  trends  in  Boston." 

Describing  himself  as  "the  most 
ordinary  of  students"  in  high 
school,  Balboni  says  his  BC  ex- 
perience was  a  "tremendous  in- 
tellectual revelation."  He  recalls 
becoming  serious  about  studying 
among  friends  who  were  "extraor- 
dinarily bright." 

His  current  perception  is  that  BC 
has  grown  to  national  stature.  He 
says  he  hopes  the  emphasis  on 
philosophy  and  the  humanities  is 
never  lost,  and  that  that  the  Jesuit 
value  system  will  preserve  high 
academic  standards  amidst  growing 
athletic  prominence. 

Following  graduation,  Balboni 
was  an  Army  intelligence  officer  in 
Vietnam,  an  experience  he  says  had 
a  major  influence  on  his  life.  He  is 
currently  proposing  to  return  to 
Vietnam  to  produce  a  documentary 
on  that  war- ravaged  land  10  years 
after  the  American  withdrawal. 

He  spent  a  year  studying  French 


language  and  literature  at  the  Sor- 
bonne  in  Paris  in  1967.  Later,  after 
three  years  of  reporting  and  comple- 
tion of  a  Ford  Foundation  Fellow- 
ship in  advanced  international 
reporting  at  Columbia  Journalism 
School,  he  founded  and  was  editor- 
in-chief  of  the  International  Cor- 
respondents Report,  a  news  service 
with  reporters  in  25  countries.  That 
project  was  based  on  his  belief  that 
conventional  news  media  do  a  poor 
job  of  covering  most  countries, 
especially  in  the  Third  World. 

When  the  I.R.S.  didn't  concur 
about  the  vital  need  for  such  a  non- 
profit journal,  Balboni  applied  for 
the  job  of  editorial  director  at 
WCVB-TV.  To  his  surprise,  he 
won  the  job  and,  over  the  past  13 
years,  an  excellent  reputation  for 
quality  TV  journalism. 

His  colleagues  at  Channel  5  are 
among  his  biggest  supporters.  Paul 
LaCamera,  MBA  '83,  vice  presi- 
dent for  public  affairs,  credits 
Balboni  with  having  "a  significant 
influence  on  television  news,  on 
local  and  national  fronts."  Paula 
Lyons,  NC  '67,  consumer  reporter, 
said  of  Balboni,  "He  is  very  honest, 
straightforward  and  has  a  solid 
sense  of  journalistic  ethics."  Said 
Anchor  Chet  Curtis  (whose 
daughter,  Dawn,  is  a  BC 
sophomore),  "[Balboni]  is  a  good 
reporter  with  an  excellent  sense  of 
what  news  should  be." 

Paul  Hennessy 


Power  for  the  people 

"We're  not  interested  in  fights 
for  the  sake  of  fighting,  but  in 
significant  accomplishment,"  says 
Paula  Gold,  a  1967  Law  School 
graduate  who  is  secretary  of  con- 
sumer affairs  and  business  regula- 
tion for  Massachusetts. 

Since  Gold  was  appointed  to  her 
position  a  year  ago,  her  office  has 
emphasized  its  search  for  a  comfort- 
able balance  between  consumer  and 
business  needs. 

Said  Gold,  "When  Governor 
Dukakis  appointed  me,  he  said, 
'You  can  be  pro-consumer  without 
being  anti-business,'  and  I  think 
he's  absolutely  right.  The  percep- 
tion of  sonic  people  was  that  it 
wasn't  my  style  or  the  governor's." 

Throughout  her  career,  Paula 
Gold's  style  was,  she  says,  to  "care 
about  things."  While  still  in  law 
school,  she  knew    she  wanted  to 
make  a  care<  r  representing  people 
who  would  nol  otherwise  have  had 
proper  legal  aid.  Upon  graduating. 
she  went  to  work  in  a  Boston  legal 


services  office. 

"It  was  very  exciting,"  she 
recalled,  "to  be  opening  the  first 
neighborhood  office  in  Dorchester, 
to  be  waiting  for  the  first  clients  to 
come  in." 

In  1974,  Gold  was  recommended 
by  the  Judicial  Nominating  Com- 
mission to  be  considered  as  a  special 
judge  in  the  Dorchester  District 
Court.  Although  she  was  not  named 
to  the  bench,  the  nomination  gave 
her  a  great  deal  of  visiblity,  which 
opened  many  doors  for  her. 

Said  Gold,  "I  began  my  career 
prior  to  the  great  push  to  have 
women  represented  in  new  areas. 
When  groups  started  looking  for 
women  to  put  on  their  boards  or  in 
the  courtroom,  I  was  just  a  little  bit 
more  qualified  than  most  other 
women.  I  became  the  token  woman 
of  the  year." 

Gold  looks  with  the  same  sort  of 
wry  appreciation  at  her  transforma- 
tion from  consumer  advocate  to 
civil  servant.  "I  went  from  suing 


almost  every  state  agency,"  she 
said,  "to  being  inside  government 
and  seeing  what  you  could  do  from 
inside  on  issues  affecting  the  poor." 

Gold  says  she  has  found  business 
and  consumer  advocates  willing  to 
consider  each  others'  needs. 

'The  confrontations  of  the  '70s 
have  produced  a  climate  in  the  '80s 
which  provides  for  meaningful  com- 
promise. I  don't  think  you  had 
business  as  willing  before.  I  don't 
think  you  necessarily  had  consumer 
advocates  who  were  as  willing 
before.  Now,  both  groups  know  that 
while  you  can  bash  each  others' 
heads  in,  if  you're  going  to  be 
around  for  the  long  haul,  there  are 
more  productive  ways  of  accom- 
plishing your  goals." 

Gold  said  the  issue  of  credit  card 
interest  ceilings  is  an  example  of  her 
attempt  to  achieve  a  balance  be- 
tween the  sometimes  conflicting 
needs  of  business  and  the  consumer. 
Massachusetts  has  established  a  ceil- 
ing on  credit  card  interest  rates. 
There  has  been  pressure  from  banks 
to  remove  the  ceiling.  Consumers 
have  opposed  its  removal. 

"It  looks  like  keeping  that  law  is 
good  for  consumers.  But  when  you 
look  at  the  reality,  all  it  will  do  is 
drive  the  banks  out  of  state.  Massa- 
chusetts will  lose  jobs  and  people 
will  pay  higher  interest  rates 
anyway." 

Life  for  Paula  Gold  outside  the 
consumer  affairs  office  centers 
around  her  family.  Her  husband, 
Arpad  von  Lazar,  is  a  professor  al 
the  Tufts  University  Fletcher  School 
of  Law  and  Diplomacy.  They  have 
two  teen-aged  children. 

"In  some  ways,"  says  Gold,  "1 
think  you  can  accomplish  more 
within  government.  You  have  a 
wider  impact.  When  you're  a  legal 
service  lawyer,  you're  battling  for 
people  who  have  no  power  what- 
soever. There  are  more  limits  to 
what  you  can  do.  Truthfully,  the 
more  power  you  have,  the  more  you 
can  accomplish." 

Geri  Murphy 


36 


HBP^^W^^^^B 

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John  F.  Wissler  '57 
Executive  Director 
Alumni  Association 


From  Alumni  Hall 

When  I  called  Tony  LaCamera 
'34,  in  1978  to  advise  him  of 
nomination  to  the  alumni  ballot, 
something  prompted  me  to  persist 
over  his  declaration  of  unworth- 
iness.  He  finally  agreed  to  run  and 
was  elected  a  director. 

If  his  board  colleagues  were 
voting,  Tony  would  have  won  elec- 
tion as  most  popular  member.  Our 
5'4"  friend's  participation  at 
meetings  was  punctuated  with  in- 
cisive comments,  strong  principles, 
and  much  humor,  particularly  on 
the  topic  of  "short  is  beautiful." 

As  former  media  critic  for  the 
Herald-American,  Tony  was  a  natural 
choice  for  chairman  of  the  board's 
communications  committee,  and 
membership  on  the  BCM  editorial 
board.  Tony  performed  so  well  that 
he  was  reappointed  chairman  after 
his  board  term  expired. 

In  1981,  Tony  received  the 
Alumni  Award  of  Excellence.  For 
me,  the  crowning  achievements 
were  his  speech  at  last  year's 
Laetare  Sunday  observance  and  his 
article  in  BCM   on  the  celebration 
of  his  class  Golden  Jubilee. 

Beyond  the  quick  smile,  wry 
humor  and  overall  optimism,  there 
lay  a  deep  pessimism  about  the  state 
of  art  and  culture.  Tony  felt  that 
society  is  engaged  in  a  struggle  be- 
tween good  and  evil,  observations 
he  converted  to  a  call  to  action  on 
Laetare  Sunday. 

Eighteen  months  ago,  illness 
struck  Tony  and  gradually  took  its 
toll.  His  courage,  good  cheer, 
unswerving  Catholic  faith  and  peace 
of  mind  were  his  Final  legacies.  We 
lost  a  great  one  on  Nov.  19,  but  I 
bet  Heaven  will  never  be  the  same. 


Directory  nears  completion 

The  telephone  survey  of  alumni 
to  verify  information  provided  on 
directory  questionnaires  and  current 
information  on  alumni  records  has 
been  completed  by  Harris  Pub- 
lishing Company.  Harris  telephone 
representatives  also  invited  alumni 
to  purchase  copies  of  the  directory. 

The  directory  is  tentatively 
scheduled  for  release  in  April  1985. 
If  you  do  not  receive  an  ordered 
copy  by  May  15,  or  if  you  are  in- 
terested in  ordering  a  copy  and 
have  not  heard  from  the  publisher, 
please  contact  Denise  Fitzgerald, 
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946-7500. 


Alumni  Weekend  '85 

The  Class  of  1980  will  celebrate 
its  fifth-year  anniversary,  and 
members  of  the  Class  of  1935  will 
officially  become  Golden  Eagles  at 
the  Alumni  Weekend  celebration 
May  17-19.  The  Classes  of  '40,  '45, 


'50,  '55,  '60,  '65,  '70,  and  '75 
complete  the  set  of  reunion-bound 
alumni.  Mark  your  calendar  now 
for  this  special  weekend. 

May  17:  BC  night  at  the  POPS; 
dinner  and  Pops  after  POPS 

May  18:  Campus  Day  and 
library  tours;  class  reunion  parties 
on  campus 

May  19:  Alumni/Seniors/Parents 
Brunch 


Your  vote  counts 

Voting  in  the  annual  alumni  elec- 
tion is  free,  quick  and  easy.  It's  also 
the  easiest  way  to  take  part  in  the 
workings  of  the  University  and  your 
Alumni  Association. 

The  19  men  and  women  elected 
to  the  Alumni  Board  coordinate  the 
programs  and  projects  that  are  of- 
fered to  serve  you,  so  you  can  help 
yourself  and  the  association  by  par- 
ticipating in  the  election.  Everything 
you  need  to  vote  is  included  in  the 
ballot  that  will  arrive  at  your  home 
in  April. 

Take  a  second  look  at  it.  Your 
vote  counts. 


HELLO  CANTON— An  estimated  25, 000  residents  of  New  England  were  on  hand  for  the  1985 
Cotton  Bowl  Classic,   some  1,800  of  them  courtesy  of  charter  flights  arranged  by  the  Alumni 
Association.  Executive  Director  John  Wissler  '57,  said  the  association  charter  was  a  record-breaker 
for  Logan  Airport.  He  should  know.  The  previous  record  was  held  by  an  alumni  charter  to  the 
Tangerine  Bowl  in  1982,  which  had  some  800  participants. 


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CLASS  ACT — The  1959  Gift  Committee  presents  President  Monan  with  their  25th  year  reunion  gift  of  $500,000.  Front  row  (l-r):  Paul  Woelfel, 
Cathy  Thayer,  Larry  DeAngel is,  Fr.  Monan,  Peter  McLaughlin,  Ann  O'Meara.  Second  row:  Art  Kaplan,  Bob  Crowley,  Matt  Murphy,  Bill  York, 
John  0  'Connor.   Third  row:  Peter  Derba,  Bill  Appleyard,  Jack  Madden,  Denis  Minihane.  Rear:  Bill  Parks,   Vin  Sylvia. 


Golden  Eagles 


George  Casey  '15  of  Santa  Maria,  CA,  visited  the 
university  and  met  briefly  with  Fr.  Monan  in 
August.  Is  George  BC's  oldest  living  varsity  letter- 
man?  A  native  of  Natick,  he  watched  the  other 
Natick  letterman  practice  at  Alumni  St adi um . . . Jim 
O'Brien  '16  wrote  with  news  he  received  after  the 
summer  article  on  WWI  vets.  Dr.  Roy  Heffernan 
'16  and  his  wife  are  avid  golfers.  She  can  even  beat 
him!  His  90th  birthday  was  marked  by  a  gathering 
of  thirty  family  members  in  Vermont... Jim 
Linehan  '16  wrote  that  he  is  well  and  can  still  en- 
joy some  golf.  Pat  Donovan  '16  lives  in  Falmouth 
with  his  daughter  and  her  family... Florence 
McAuliffe  '16  died  last  summer.  He  was  "a  great 
classmate  and  BC  loyalist."  He  ran  a  camp  in 
Maine  for  many  years... Rev.  Cletus  Mulloy  '21 
died  in  October  of  injuries  received  when  he  was 
struck  by  an  automobile.  He  was  best  known  for 
the  retreats  he  gave  for  priests  and  cloistered 
religious  brothers  and  sisters  throughout  the  US 
and  Canada.  Fr.  Mulloy  had  retired  in  1978... News 
of  Golden  Eagles  will  appear  as  it  becomes 
available.  Direct  correspondence  to  Class  Notes 
Editor,  Alumni  Hall,  Boston  College,  Chestnut  Hill 
MA  02167. 


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Joseph  Beaver 

11  Edmond  Rd.  #28 

Framingham,  MA  01701 


Msgr.  William  Long  has  settled  in  to  the  comfort- 
able and  spiritual  atmosphere  of  Regina  Clcri.  Fr. 
Burke,  pastor  of  St.  Pius  X,  where  Msgr.  Long 
helped  with  the  weekend  Masses  for  eleven  years, 
honored  him  with  Mass  (Archbishop  Law,  Bishop 
Riley,  Bishop  Hart,  and  Bishop  Daily  were  present 


on  the  altar)  and  a  luncheon  after  to  thank  him  for 
his  spiritual  contribution  to  the  parish... Our 
classmate  Rev.  Thomas  E.  Sweeney  blessed  a  set 
of  Carillon  Bells  in  November.  ..They  were  his  gift 
to  St.  Linus  Church,  Natick,  where  he  was  pastor 
for  25  years... On  October  24,  Thomas  Herlihy, 
S.J..  a  member  of  our  class  in  freshman  year,  died 
at  the  Deaconess  Hospital.  Last  spring  Fr.  Tom 
told  me  the  story  of  the  Bronze  Eagle  which  stands 
in  front  of  Gasson  Hall.  Mr.  Arthur  O'Shea,  for 
many  years  the  faithful  organist  at  St.  Ignatius 
Church  when  Fr.  Tom  was  pastor,  was  Town 
Manager  of  Brookline.  When  the  famous  Lars 
Anderson  Estate  was  in  process  of  being  deeded  to 
the  Town  of  Brookline,  Mr.  O'Shea  asked  the  at- 
torney handling  the  transfer  if  it  would  be  possible 
for  him  to  obtain  the  bronze  eagle,  which  stood  in 
the  garden  of  the  estate,  for  Boston  College!  The 
bronze  eagle  had  been  a  gift  to  Lars  Anderson  from 
the  Emperor  of  Japan  when  he  was  Ambassador  to 
Japan.  O'Shea  was  successful  and  the  bronze  eagle 
was  placed  in  its  present  spot  on  the  pedestal  which 
had  held  a  bust  of  Admiral  Dewey  in  Dewey 
Square  in  front  of  the  South  Station.  How  grateful 
the  Boston  College  Alumni  must  be  to  Mr.  O'Shea 
for  his  initiative  in  obtaining  this  outstanding  sym- 
bol of  our  Alma  Mater. 


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Marie  H.  Ford 
9  McKone  St. 
Dorchester,  MA  02122 
(617)  282-2879 


Another  year  has  rolled  around  and  so  I  wish  to  ex- 
tend all  best  wishes  for  a  happy  and  healthy  New 
Year. ..Cecil  McGoldrick  is  enjoying  his  retirement 
from  the  Youville  Hospital  and  Score.  Two  of  his 
grandsons  have  graduated  from  B.C.  and  a  third 


one  is  still  out  there.  ..William  Duffy  received  a 
decoration  from  the  Town  Committee  of  North  An- 
dover.  He  is  also  President  of  the  St.  Vincent  de 
Paul  Society  and  St.  Michael's  Conference  of  North 
Andover.  ..While  at  the  reception  prior  to  the  per- 
formance of  Deathtrap,  I  met  Constance  Englert 
who  is  the  daughter  of  Cecil  McGoldrick.    Frank 
Hickey  was  in  Rome  for  the  Beatification  of  St. 
Elizabeth  of  Trinity.  His  daughter  Casandra  re- 
ceived a  Doctorate  degree  in  Administration  from 
the  University  of  Rome.  His  daughter  Ramonda 
was  Consultant  to  the  U.S.  Olympic  Team  in 
Yugoslavia.  ..Charles  Wyatt  has  retired  from  the 
upholstering  and  caining  business... Edward 
Fogarty  and  his  wife  will  spend  Christmas  in  Corn- 
ing, NY.  with  his  son  Edward  and  then  will  be 
leaving  for  Naples,  Florida  for  the  winter... Joe 
Comber  is  still  active  with  the  St.  Vincent  de  Paul 
Society  and  Bon  Secour  Hospital.  Art  Kane  has 
been  hospitalized  several  times  during  the  past  two 
years.  He  has  27  grandchildren  and  6  great  grand- 
children   I  talked  to  the  following  members  of  the 
Class  and  they  all  wished  the  very  best  to  the  Class 
for  a  Happy  New  Year. ..Fr.  Pat  Collins.  Mark 
Crocker,  Tony  Maure,  Frank  Hickey, 
Cecil  McGoldrick 


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Edmond  J.  Murphy 
14  Temple  St. 
Arlington,  MA  02174 


We  are  sorry  to  report  the  death  of  Rev.  Msgr. 
Anthony  J.  Flaherty  on  September  29  in  the  Win- 
chester Hospital  after  a  long  illness.  Tony  was  one 
of  twelve  children  and  he  was  one  of  three  "fighting 
Flahcrtys"  who  became  priests:  Father  Edward, 
director  of  Regina  Cleri,  and  the  late  Msgr. 


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Walter,  founder  of  the  Archdiocese  of  Boston  Radio 
and  TV  Apostolate.  Archbishop  Bernard  F.  Law 
was  the  celebrant  of  the  Rite  of  Christian  Burial, 
which  was  attended  by  about  50  members  of  the 
clergy  including  Msgr.  Charles  Hyland  and  Msgr. 
Mark  Keohane.  About  100  pupils  at  St.  Charles 
School  in  Woburn  also  attended.  The  sympathy  of 
the  class  is  extended  to  Tony's  brothers,  Father  Ed 
and  Paul... We  are  also  sorry  to  report  the  death  of 
Dr.  Christopher  J.  Duncan  on  December  1,  the 
day  Doug  Flutie  was  awarded  the  Heisman  Trophy. 
Chris,  an  ardent  football  fan,  would  have  loved  to 
have  heard  it  because  he  too  was  like  a  Heisman 
Trophy  winner,  receiving  the  prestigious  William 
V.  McKenney  medal  as  the  outstanding  alumnus  in 
1965.  Chris  had  been  an  outstanding  alumnus  since 
the  day  he  graduated.  Besides  being  on  the  Board 
of  Trustees  for  years  and  president  of  the  Alumni 
Association  (he  furnished  and  stocked  the  office 
with  conviviality  and  utility  in  mind),  Chris  was  a 
member  of  Fides  since  its  inception,  a  large  donor 
to  the  Alumni  Hall  Fund  Drive  (a  plaque  in  Alum- 
ni Hall  shows  1924  as  FIRST  in  donations),  a  large 
donor  to  the  Alumni  Stadium  Fund,  and  had 
established  a  Duncan  Scholarship  at  the  college  for 
sons  and  daughters  of  his  classmates.  In  addition, 
when  told  that  the  A. A.  had  no  money  for  a  glass 
partition  to  replace  the  wire  mesh  partition  at  the 
hockey  rink,  he  wrote  a  check  at  once  for  the  entire 
cost.  He  was  host  to  his  classmates  at  the  Brae 
Burn  Country  Club  for  a  Champagne  and 
Rancher's  (steak  and  eggs)  breakfast  on  more  than 
one  occasion  following  our  Annual  Low  Sunday 
Memorial  Mass  and  sent  letters  to  classmates  before 
our  50th  Reunion  collecting  $36,740.00,  an  average 
gift  of  $693.00.  During  the  presidency  of  Michael 
J.  Walsh,  S.J.,  he  accepted  the  chairmanship  of  the 
fund  drive;  gave  up  two  years  of  his  medical  prac- 
tice to  visit  all  of  the  BC  clubs  across  the  country 
with  Fr.  Walsh;  and  paid  all  of  the  expenses. 
Although  not  well  for  sometime,  Chris  donated 
money  for  the  O'Neill  Library.  In  the  Lower  Col- 
onnade of  the  library  is  a  plaque  inscribed,  "In 
gratitude  for  the  loyalty  and  generosity  of  Virginia 
and  Christopher  J.  Duncan,  M.D.  '24."  An 
Honorary  Doctor  of  Laws  Degree  was  conferred  on 
Chris  in  1962.  When  I  called  Fr.  Frank  Kilcoyne 
about  his  death  he  said,  "Chris  now  has  citizenship 
in  another  country."  I  can  picture  Chris  chuckling 
with  Clarence  E.  Shaffrey,  S.J.,  M.D.  (his  biology 
professor)  over  Father's  statement  the  last  day  of  his 
junior  year,  "Duncan,  it's  Biology  or  Baseball  in 
the  fall"  (quote  from  Dr.  Walter  Carroll).  Reason: 
as  Junior  baseball  manager,  Chris  had  players  com- 
ing to  see  him  during  biology  class  with  various  re- 
quests and  Fr.  Shaffrey  didn't  like  it.  However, 
Chris  found  a  way  to  do  both.  J.  Donald  Monan, 
S.J.  was  a  celebrant  of  the  Rite  of  Christian  Burial 
at  St.  Ignatius  Church.  Among  the  concelebrants 
were  Msgr.  Mark  Keohane  and  Fr.  Joseph  I.  Col- 
lins, a  Norwood  neighbor.  The  sympathy  of  the 
class  is  extended  to  his  wife,  Virginia,  his  four  sons, 
Christopher,  Jr.,  Paul,  Clark  and  Lee  and  his 
daughter  Joan...  Remember,  spread  the  faith,  don't 
keep  it. 


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William  E.  O'Brien 
502  12th  Avenue  South 
Naples,  FL  33940 
(813)  262-0134 


After  the  conspicuous  absence  of  our  Class  from  the 
notes  section,  I  have  volunteered  to  get  the  column 
started  again.  I  will  begin  with  information  about 
myself,  and  hope  that  you  will  submit  your  news  to 


me  in  time  for  the  March  '85  deadline.  ..Although  I 
have  lived  most  of  my  adult  life  away  from  Boston, 
I  have  managed  to  stay  in  touch  with  BC.  I  was  in- 
volved in  the  BC  Club  of  New  York  and  as  a 
founding  member  of  the  BC  Club  of  Chicago.  I  feel 
fortunate  for  the  many  friendships  I  established 
through  these  endeavors.  I  have  enjoyed  life  in 
Naples  for  over  ten  years,  and  greatly  look  forward 
to  hearing  from  you  and  seeing  the  Class  of  1925 
represented  on  these  pages.  Please  write  or 
call  soon. 


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William  J.  Cunningham 
2  Capt.  Percival  Road 
S.  Yarmouth,  MA  02664 


Nemo  dal  who/1  non  habet  is  an  old  Latin  expression 
which  still  sticks  in  my  craw,  after  all  these  years. 
"No  one  can  give  what  he  hasn't  got"  is  particular- 
ly appropriate  when  the  time  comes  to  write  Alum- 
ni notes.  "No  got,  no  give"  is  a  free  translation, 
but  an  appropriate  one... Can  use  a  few  more  in- 
terested mates  like  Ray  Scott  who  drops  a  line  re 
mates.  He  says  John  Dooley  is  returning  to  Boston 
and  is  going  to  be  with  his  brother  Owen  for  the 
winter. ..It  has  been  tremendously  exciting  to  read 
about  Doug  Flutie.  He  is  a  fine  looking,  well- 
spoken  young  man,  and  a  credit  to  his  parents, 
himself  and  B.C.  We're  all  proud  of  him. ..Came 
up  from  the  Cape  to  the  Rutgers  and  Army  games 
and  hugged  the  boob  tube  for  the  other  games.  And 
to  have  the  New  York  Times  computer  rating  us  2 
in  the  country!  That's  something  we've  never  at- 
tained before... and  to  have  the  Heisman  winner. 
Finally,  I  understand  that  admission  requests  are 
flooding  the  offices.  These  are  different  times  from 
our  days!... Note  from  Msgr.  Matt  Stapleton.  He 
tells  me  that  he's  not  "the  last  leaf  on  the  tree,"  of 
the  nine  Stapleton  children. .  Larry  McCarthy  told 
me  that  Dr.  Ted  Brown  died  recently... Saw  Larry 
at  a  Cape  Cod  B.C.  Club  Memorial  Mass  and 
breakfast  at  Our  Lady  of  Victory  Church  in 
Centerville  in  November.  ..Rose  and  I  headed  for 
the  Cotton  Bowl  as  son  Bill  arranged  a  party  of 
100,  with  all  the  works,  even  maroon  and  gold  cor- 
sages for  the  ladies... You  B.C.  High  alumni  will 
perhaps  remember  Shev  Malley  and  Art  Watson. 
They  visited  us  on  the  Cape  in  October,  and  we 
reminisced  about  old  James  Street..  Wouldn't  it  be 
a  nice  thing  to  re-name  Alumni  Field  to  John  P. 
Curley  Field,  in  memory  of  the  athletic  director 
who  did  so  much  for  us  in  our  early  days?..  Talked 
to  John  Dorsey  last  week.  He  and  Mae  are 
well... A  tip  of  the  hat  to  Alicia  Ianiere  who 
organizes  the  notes  for  all  classes... I  recently 
learned  that  Bill  'Jim'  Dunn  died... Judge  Charlie 
Carroll  is  now  retired  and  living  in  Needham.  He 
has  daughters  in  Dover  and  Attleboro.  ..Henry 
Barry  has  already  left  Long  Island  for  St. 
Petersburg.  Write  to  me,  won't  you? 


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John  J.  Buckley 
103  Williams  Ave. 
Hyde  Park,  MA  02136 
(617)  361-5174 


In  the  September  21  sports  section  of  The  Boston 
Globe,  Joe  McKenney  was  the  subject  of  a 
fascinating  story.  It  was  the  story  of  our  Joe,  one  of 


Boston's  great  sports  figures  and  a  legend  in  his 
own  time.  Joe's  career  as  athlete,  football  coach, 
and  city  and  school  administrator  was  amply 
covered.  His  devotion  to  B.C.'s  football  program, 
as  attested  by  his  loyalty  over  a  period  of  more  than 
sixty  years,  makes  him  the  Eagle's  No.  1  football 
fan... Classmate  Jack  Donahue,  captain  of  the  1925 
football  team,  died  Nov.  7.  Born  in  Peabody,  he 
lived  in  Quincy  for  52  years.  Jack  was  football 
coach  at  North  Quincy  H.S.,  a  member  of  the 
school's  history  department,  and  a  charter  member 
and  1958  president  of  the  Greater  Boston  Gridiron 
Club.  We  extend  our  sympathy  to  his  wife  Sally 
and  to  his  brothers,  Edwin  and  Leo... Tom  Heffer- 
nan,  editor  of  the  Bulletin  of  the  Boston  Catholic 
Alumni  Sodality  for  a  couple  of  generations,  retired 
from  that  position  in  October.  Tom  was  happily 
surprised  by  scores  of  relatives  and  friends  on  Dec. 
16.  They  feted  him  on  the  occasion  of  his  80th  bir- 
thday. The  youthful-looking  octogenarian  accepted 
the  plaudits  gracefully... The  story  of  Bill  Fit- 
zGerald  and  his  wife  Julia  was  featured  last  Oc- 
tober in  Boston  Seniority,  a  forum  for  older  Bosto- 
nians.  Their  travels  in  America  and  Asia  carrying 
out  their  duties  as  librarians  for  private  institutions 
and  the  U.S.  Government  were  extensively 
reported.  The  end  of  the  trail  found  them  back  in 
their  native  South  Boston,  thus  proving  wrong 
Thomas  Wolfe  who  opined  that  the  return  of  the 
native  was  impossible.  ..Joe  Ingoldsby  was  treated 
to  a  surprise-surprise  party  last  fall  as  his  children, 
numerous  relatives  and  friends  gathered  to  celebrate 
double  anniversaries:  Joe's  80th  birthday  and  the 
50th  anniversary  of  the  wedding  of  Joe  and  the 
charming  Mrs.  Ingoldsby.  Joe,  one  of  Boston's 
senior  investment  counselors,  is  remembered  as  a 
track  luminary  and  member  of  the  Hall  of  Fame 
who  starred  in  the  two- mile  and  medley  relay 
races... We  mourn  the  passing  of  another  Eagle 
track  star  and  member  of  the  Hall  of  Fame, 
William  T.  McKillop  of  Laconia,  NH,  who  died 
Nov.   11.  His  dear  wife,  Mary,  had  died  about  six 
weeks  prior  to  his  death.  Bill's  career  was  in  the  in- 
vestment business.  He  also  coached  the  Laconia 
H.S.  track  team.  To  his  daughters  and  grand- 
children we  send  our  sympathy. .  .We  extend  our 
condolences  to  Fr.  Neil  Buckley  on  the  occasion  of 
the  death  of  his  brother,  William  S.  Buckley, 
former  president  of  the  Boston  Newspaper  Mailers 
Union,  who  died  last  September.  ..Joe  McKenney 
was  general  chairman  of  the  Gridiron  Club's  48th 
George  Bulger  Lowe  Awards  Dinner  held  Dec.  12 
at  Lantana's  in  Randolph    The  winners  of  the 
awards,  who  are  deemed  the  best  college  football 
players  in  New  England,  were  both  members  of  the 
historic  1984  Boston  College  football  team.  For  the 
offense,  it  was  the  fabulous  Doug  Flutie,  and  for 
the  defense,  the  unsinkable  Mike  Ruth 


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Maurice  J.  Downey 

15  Dell  Ave. 

Hyde  Park,  MA  02136 

(617)  361-0752 


It  is  with  a  profound  sense  of  grief  and  persona]  loss 
that  I  record  the  death,  in  early  November,  of  Ed- 
ward F.  O'Brien    Ed  was  a  perfect  gentleman, 
even  tempered,  considerate  and  fair  in  his  dealings, 
and  never  prone  to  hasty  judgment    A  loving  hus- 
band, devoted  father,  and  legal  expert  who  combin- 
ed human  understanding  and  Christian  charity 
against  a  background  of  long  experience,  Ed  left  to 
all  of  us  an  outstanding  record  to  be  admired  if  not 
to  be  equaled.  The  example  he  set  is  an  enduring 


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endowment  to  all  who  were  fortunate  enough  to 
have  known  him.  To  his  wife  Mary,  my  all-time 
favorite  hostess,  and  to  his  two  stalwart  sons,  Bob 
and  Dick,  and  their  wonderful  families,  the  class  ex- 
tends its  sincerest  condolences  and  offers  the  fervent 
prayer  that  his  soul  may  rest  in  peace.. .A  most 
welcome  note  from  John  'Terry'  Martin,  principal 
emeritus  of  Weymouth  High  School  informing  me 
that  he  spent  a  most  enjoyable  Labor  Day  at  the 
Heights.  It  was  the  day  on  which  his  grandson, 
Kevin  Dwyer,  was  enrolled  as  a  member  of  the 
Class  of  1988.  He  expressed  the  fond  hope  that  he 
and  Alice  will  be  spared  to  attend  Kevin's  gradua- 
tion which  will  coincide  with  our  own  60th  Anniver- 
sary. May  we  all  be  on  hand  to  celebrate  both  occa- 
sions... Please  remember  in  your  prayers  Mary 
Dowd  Kelley,  the  very  personable  wife  of  our 
freshman  class  secretary,  Atty.  John  J.  Kelley, 
who  was  recently  called  to  her  heavenly  reward. 
Her  funeral  liturgy  was  celebrated  st  St.  Pius  X 
Church  in  Yarmouth  and  burial  was  in  St. 
Benedict's  Cemetary,  at  which  ceremony  I  had  the 
privilege  of  acting  as  lector  ...Dr.  Bob  Donovan 
and  Mary  celebrated  their  fiftieth  wedding  anniver- 
sary this  past  summer.  The  highlight  was  the  nup- 
tial Mass  celebrated  by  their  son,  Fr.  Robert, 
associate  pastor  of  St.  Francis  Xavier  in  Hyannis, 
the  same  church  that  our  classmate,  Msgr.  William 
D.  Thomson,  served  for  many  years  as  the  chief 
shepherd.  The  happy  couple  topped  off  their 
celebration  with  a  trip  to  Bermuda... At  least  three 
correspondents  have  alerted  me  to  the  fact  that  our 
track  star  of  Olympic  caliber,  Francis  'Babe' 
Daley  is  now  permanently  residing  at  the  Noreen 
McKeen  Home,  315  S.  Flagler  Drive,  West  Palm 
Beach,  Florida,  33401.  Do  send  him  a  note  or  a 
card.  I  am  certain  it  will  be  appreciated... Also 
celebrating  their  fiftieth  wedding  anniversary  were 
Pat  and  Irene  Tomkins.  Fr.  Leo  O'Keefe  was  the 
celebrant  of  the  commemorative  Mass... Jim  Duffy, 
Pat  Tompkins,  and  Gene  Plociennik  were  present 
when  Doug  Flutie  and  Mike  Ruth  were  honored  at 
the  Bulger  Lowe  dinner  sponsored  by  the  Gridiron 
Club... Paul  McCarty,  a  season  ticket  holder,  at- 
tended all  the  home  football  games... Ed  Conley, 
another  football  fan,  rooted  for  B.C.  High  on 
Thanksgiving  Day  but  to  no  avail... A  class  get- 
together,  wives  included,  arranged  by  Frank 
Phelan,  will  be  held  on  Tuesday  February  12,  1985 
at  the  Beach  Club  in  Palm  Beach,  Florida.  Reser- 
vation deadline,  February  10th.  Call  me  at  home 
(617)  361-0752  or  after  Feb.  1  at  (305)  566-5456. 
Hope  to  see  you  there!  Keep  those  news  items 
coming. 


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Paul  Markey 

14  Grant  Avenue 

Wellesley.MA  02181 


We  enjoyed  our  annual  class  luncheon  at  Alumni 
Hall  in  November  with  42  members  and  wives  pre- 
sent. A  very  good  showing  for  our  filly-sixth  such 
affair.  Present  were  Charles  Bowser,  the  Joe 
Cavanaghs,  Leo  Donahue,  the  George  Donaldsons, 
Fr.  Tom  Fay,  Fr.  Charles  Glennon,  the  John 
Gales,  the  Bob  Hughes,  Fr.  Leo  O'Keefe,  Bill 
Lafay  and  his  guest,  the  Hewry  Liens,  Msgr.  Joe 
Mahoney,  the  Paul  Markeys,  Fr.  Jim  McWabe,  Al 
and  Jim  Monahan,  the  John  Mowgovans,  Ed  Mur- 
phy (who  brought  the  good  news  thai  he  had  visited 
with  Gene  McLaughlin  during  the  summer  and 
that  all  is  well  with  Gene  and  his  family  and  he 
sends  all  his  best),  the  Frank  O'Briens,  the  Wilfred 
O'Learys,  Fr.  Dennis  Sughrue,  who  has  moved  in- 
to his  winter  residence,  the  Jim  Rilevs,  the  Frank 


Voss,  the  James  Regans  and  Ed  Weesling.  Jim 
Regan  said  that  he  had  visited  with  Art  Hennessey 
who  is  ill  and  to  whom  he  sent  our  prayers... We 
missed  Phil  Stuart  who  could  not  be  with  us 
because  of  an  illness.  We  send  him  our  good  wishes 
for  a  happy  and  speedy  recovery.  After  the  lun- 
cheon, the  board  voted  that  we  have  only  one  an- 
nual luncheon,  in  the  Fall,  to  which  all  wives  and 
widows  will  be  invited... I  received  a  letter  from 
John  McGuirk,  Warren's  grandson,  that  the  foot- 
ball stadium  at  the  University  of  Massachusetts  at 
Amherst  has  been  named  The  Warren  McGuirk 
Stadium  in  memory  of  our  classmate.  Warren  was 
captain  of  our  undefeated  team  in  our  senior  year — 
the  first  team  to  win  the  Lambert  Trophy,  emblem 
of  superiority  in  the  East.  It  is  a  worthy  tribute  for 
one  who  spent  twenty-seven  years  as  athletic  direc- 
tor at  the  University  of  Massachusetts..  John  Lan- 
drigan  and  I,  with  our  sons,  attended  the  Boston 
Latin  School  dinner  honoring  Leonard  Bernstein 
upon  the  fiftieth  anniversary  of  his  graduation  from 
Latin.  John  had  just  returned  from  London  where 
he  and  his  wife  visited  Farm  Street,  the  Jesuit  In- 
stitution there. ..Our  class  was  very  well  represented 
at  the  dedication  of  the  new  O'Neill  Library... I 
hope  that  you  will  follow  Ed  Murphy's  letter 
writing  to  me  about  any  activities  that  you  or  any 
classmates  are  enjoying. .  Happy  New  Year! 


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John  W.  Haverty 

1960  Commonwealth  Avenue 

Brighton,  MA  02135 


The  class  will  be  saddened  to  learn  of  the  death  of 
Jerry  McCarthy  last  October.  Jerry  was  a  faithful 
member  who  brightened  many  of  our  meetings  with 
his  geniality  and  good  humor.  He  was  buried  from 
St.  Brendan's  Church,  Dorchester.  Sis  Connelly 
and  Mary  Grandfield  were  among  the  many 
mourners  at  the  service.  Jerry  was  a  retired  super- 
visor for  the  Mass  Department  of  Public  Welfare. 
He  leaves  his  wife,  Margaret,  and  three  children,  to 
whom  we  extend  our  deep  condolences.  Jerry  will 
be  missed  by  us  all.    Bill  Cahill  called  me  with 
news  of  the  Lowell  contingent  and  a  report  on  his 
family.  Son  Bill,  '62,  is  a  lawyer,  son  Jack,  '63,  is  a 
computer  analyst,  as  is  son  Brian,  '65,  and  his  only 
daughter  lives  at  home.  Bill's  wife  died  seven  years 
ago.  Although  he  suffers  from  arthritis  of  the  spine 
and  must  use  a  cane  to  get  around,  his  affliction 
does  not  limit  the  pleasure  he  derives  from  his  nine 
grandchildren!  Bill  reported  that  Leon  O'Brien  and 
Joe  Welch  are  well  and  still  living  in  Lowell. ..I 
received  a  note  from  Fr.  Arthur  Hanley,  retired 
and  living  in  Milford,  CT,  about  his  role  in  the 
conversion  of  the  noted  poet  Wallace  Stevens  to 
Catholicism,  an  event  that  has  been  referred  to  in 
this  space  before.  Arthur  writes,  "I  spent  many 
hours  with  Mr.  Stevens.  He  was  a  troubled  man. 
To  make  sure  we  were  talking  on  the  same  level,  I 
read  a  number  of  his  poems  and  we  conversed 
about  them.  His  big  objection  to  Catholic  faith  was 
the  doctrine  of  Hell.  I  said  why  not  ask  God  when 
you  get  up  there  and  he  will  give  you  the  reasons 
for  Hell.  He  said  he  would  and  then  asked  to  be 
baptized.  And,  he  was  so  happy,  saying  over  and 
over  again,  'Now  I  am  in  the  fold.'  Mr.  Stevens 
died  a  few  days  later.  A  number  of  writers  have 
asked  me  to  give  an  account  of  Mr.  Stevens'  con- 
version. He  knew  the  faith  and  he  had  spent  long 
hours  thinking  about  turning  to  God.  I  just  happen- 
ed to  be  the  catalyst."  And,  so  a  minor  mystery  in 
(he  literary  history  is  cleared  up;  il  was  our  Arthur 
Hanley  who  was  ihe  catalyst  in  Wallace  Stevens' 
c  (inversion    Arthur  also  sends  his  best  regards  to  all 


in  the  class... On  a  much  lighter  note,  Tom  Kelley 
and  I  were  the  guests  of  John  Hurley  at  a  recent 
Clover  Club  dinner,  at  which  Archbishop  Law  was 
the  guest  of  honor.  As  you  all  know,  the  Clovers 
are  famous  for  their  affectionate  but  barbed  com- 
ments on  people  in  the  public  eye.  The  funniest 
crack  of  a  very  funny  evening  was  the  comment 
that  the  reason  the  expected  consistory  to  give  the 
Archbishop  his  red  hat  did  not  take  place  was  that 
the  Pope  wanted  to  canonize  Doug  Flutie 
first... Judge  Jim  Langan  was  also  at  the  dinner 
and  reported  the  good  news  that  Judge  Tom 
Lawless  is  now  the  Chief  Judge  of  the  U.S. 
Bankruptcy  Court... The  next  report  will  be 
from  Dallas! 


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Thomas  Crosby 

64  St.  Theresa  Ave. 

W.  Roxbury,  MA  02132 

(617)  327-7080 


It's  with  sadness  and  great  sorrow  that  we  report 
the  death  of  Thomas  F.  Meagher.  Tommy  died  as 
a  result  of  an  automobile  accident  that  occurred  on 
September  10.  To  quote  our  1931  Sub  Turri, 
"...we  think  of  Tommy  Meagher  overflowing  with 
sincerity,  affability,  and  good  nature."  The  same 
then  and  always  thereafter.  The  class  extends  its 
prayers  and  sympathy  to  his  wife,  Agnes,  and  to 
the  entire  Meagher  family.  The  funeral  Mass  at  St. 
Theresa's  Church,  West  Roxbury,  was  attended  by 
a  large  delegation  of  classmates,  alumni,  and 
friends...  The  name  of  our  classmate,  Dr.  Eugene 
F.  Smith  was  listed  in  the  most  recent  Boston  College 
Magazine.  The  class  extends  its  sincere  sympathy 
and  prayers  to  his  family. .On  October  25,  the  class 
gathered  at  Alumni  Hall  for  an  impromptu  lun- 
cheon. It  was  a  most  enjoyable  occasion  with  thirty- 
seven  in  attendance.  Many  suggested  that  we 
should  have  such  get-togethers  more  often.  So  be 
it. ..Those  of  us  that  through  the  years  have  follow- 
ed Boston  College  football  have  had  a  wonderful 
and  joyous  season.  We  congratulate  AD.  Bill 
Flynn,  Coach  Bicknell,  his  staff,  and  the  team.  We 
all  are  extremely  proud  of  and  congratulate  our 
Heisman  winner,  Doug  Flutie.  Ted  Cass  and  your 
scribe  are  traveling  to  Dallas  for  the  Cotton  Bowl. 
We  know  that  there  are  many  other  classmates  who 
will  be  on  the  trip.  A  full  report  will  follow  in  the 
next  issue  of  this  magazine.  ..Your  scribe  hopes  he 
is  not  missing  any  important  news  or  events 
concerning  our  classmates,  and  again  would  ap- 
preciate hearing  from  any  members  of  the  class  or 
from  family  members  in  order  to  make  this  column 
worthwhile. 


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John  P.  Connor 

24  Crestwood  Circle 

Norwood,  MA  02062 


Please  remember  in  your  prayers  the  soul  of  Joe 
Gleason  who  passed  away  last  November.  ..On 
November  17  the  class  had  its  annual  reunion  in 
Alumni  Hall.  Mass  was  celebrated  by  Msgr.  Vin 
Mackay  for  all  our  classmates,  spouses  and  widows, 
and  lunch  followed  immediately  after  Mass.  Those 
who  attended  were  the  Peter  Quinns,  the  Tom 
Connellys,  the  Gred  Meirs,  Mary  Donnes,  Priscilla 
Gallagher,  the  John  Brooks,  John  Collins,  Joe  Her- 
non,  the  Dr.  John  McManuses,  the  Gerry  Kellys, 
Jim  Hayden,  Chris  Cutler,  Dan  Maguire,  the  Jack 
Pattens,  Mickey  McDonald,  the  Ted  Koshiacks, 


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Paul  Stacy,  Bill  Noonair,  Mrs.  Dan  Cahill,  the 
Frank  Moynahans,  Emil  Romanowski,  the  Frank 
Finns,  the  Frank  Curtins,  the  Ed  Hurleys,  Walter 
Faunce,  Mrs.  Bill  Bennett,  the  Jim  Helles,  the 
John  Collins,  the  Paul  McSweeneys,  the  Gordon 
Dunns,  Jack  Quigley,  and  the  John  Connors. 
Assisting  at  Mass  was  Leo  Buttimer,  S.J.  and  Fr. 
Gunner  Haugh.Ed  Herlihy,  the  Voice  of  Kraft, 
was  honored  on  national  TV  on  September  23.  He 
is  now  co-starring  in  the  new  movie  comedy  Police 
Academy  II  as  a  lovable  old  cop... Jack  Dolan  EX 
'32  passed  away  December  3.  Jack  is  survived  by 
his  wife,  two  sons,  and  a  daughter.  Congratula- 
tions to  Art  O'Brien  who  married  Lyn  Doucette,  a 
nurse  at  Cape  Cod  Hospital  on  October  10.. .1  was 
glad  to  hear  from  George  Shine  who  retired  from 
Avon  Products  Inc.  in  1971.  George  is  a  volunteer 
at  a  New  York  hospital.  His  eldest  son,  a  West  point 
graduate,  has  been  missing  in  Laos  since  '72,  his 
youngest  son  was  killed  in  Vietnam  in  October  '70, 
his  second  son,  also  a  Westpoint  graduate,  was 
wounded  in  Vietnam,  and  his  daughter  Sallie,  an 
RN,  is  a  major  in  the  Army  Nurse  Corp. ..Con- 
gratulations to  the  Pete  Contardos  who  recently 
celebrated  their  50th  wedding  anniversary.  Pete  and 
his  wife  have  seven  children,  eight  grandchildren, 
and  two  great  grandchildren.  Pete  lives  in 
Trenton,  NJ. 


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James  M.  Connolly 
10  Pine  St. 
Belmont,  MA  02178 
(617)  484-4882 


Received  a  fine  note  from  Ed  McCrensky.  He 
recently  returned  from  a  two-month  consulting 
assignment  with  the  government  of  Thailand.  His 
younger  son,  Richard,  received  a  master's  degree  in 
public  administration  from  the  Kennedy  School  of 
Government  at  Harvard  last  June  and  is  now 
enrolled  in  the  doctoral  program.  Dick  McGivern 
reports  that  he  met  Vin  Cosgrove's  widow.  She  has 
thirty  grandchildren  and  three  great 
grandchildren.  ..In  addition  to  an  honorary  degree 
from  Suffolk  University,  Phil  McNiff  has  recently 
received  the  distincton  of  "Officier  dans  L'Ordre 
des  Arts  et  des  Lettres"  from  the  French  Govern- 
ment. All  us  Francophiles  are  delighted,  and  Pere 
deMongelerre  and  Andre  de  Beauvivier  must  be 
smiling  with  joy.  Sorry  to  report  the  death  of  Al 
Landrigan  after  a  long  illness.  A  distinguished 
teacher,  he  was  a  loyal  son  of  Alma  Mater  and  a 
fine  friend.  May  he  rest  in  peace. 


34 


John  F.P.  McCarthy 
188  Dent  St. 
Boston,  MA  02132 
(617) 323-6234 


Again  must  I  report  with  deep  regret  the  passing  of 
the  following  men  of  1934.  Leo  F.  Scully  died  on 
Sept.  20  and  Anthony  J.  LaCamera  died  on  Nov. 
20.  Both  men  were  outstanding  in  their  respective 
fields.  Also,  I  must  announce  the  deaths  of  Frances 
J.  Sullivan,  sister  of  Msgr.  Dan  Sullivan,  Allen 
Boyce,  brother  of  Charles  Boyce,  Sally  Seward, 
wife  of  Peter  C.  Seward.  To  all  of  the  above  we 
should  direct  our  prayers  as  we  extend  our  con- 
dolences to  their  families.  May  they  rest  in 
peace... On  our  sick  list  are  the  following:  Rt.  Rev. 
Daniel  Sullivan,  Bobby  Ott,  Fr.  Frank  Doherty, 


Ralph  Di  Mattia,  and  Mark  Lewis.  On  the  hap- 
pier side,  Fr.  John  F.  Caufield,  at  B.C.  and  Fr. 
Joseph  M.  Manning,  at  Fairfield  each  observed  his 
fiftieth  in  the  Society  of  Jesus. ..Leo  Hogan  of  NH 
reports  that  he  retired  in  1977.  He  spends  winters 
in  Florida  and  the  rest  of  the  year  in  NH.  His 
brother,  Charlie,  passed  away  recently.  ..George 
McLaughlin  and  his  wife  journeyed  to  Ireland  and 
Rome  in  October.  ..The  Jim  Earls  are  still  on  the 
go.  A  local  trip  had  them  in  Maryland  to  visit  their 
daughter.  Then  they  hit  the  trail  to  Miami  for  the 
game  and  to  Dallas  for  the  Cotton  Bowl  game.  Jim, 
you  should  have  your  own  jet  for  all  these 
trips... Notes  of  appreciation  were  received  from 
Mrs.  Jiggs  Lillis  and  Mrs.  Johnny  Freitas.  They 
hope  to  join  us  at  our  51st  reunion.  Space  does  not 
permit  to  list  all  those  seen  at  the  Miami  game. 
Suffice  to  say  the  class  was  well  represented.  Ike 
Ezmunt  was  our  resident  member  and  enjoyed 
meeting  some  of  those  present... As  Walter  Winchell 
was  wont  to  say:  And  now  for  the  news  as  'space' 
will  allow. ..Dr.  Dave  Ascher,  a  graduate 
gemologist,  specializes  in  diamonds  and  has  written 
numerous  papers  on  the  topic.  .Dr.  James  Hurley 
enjoys  curling  in  faraway  Wisconsin.  ..Charlie  Hig- 
gins  is  in  South  Carolina,  and  has  taken  up 
lapidary  work  in  his  retirement.  Bob  Toland 
whose  daughter  Marie  graduated  from  BC  School 
of  Nursing  summa  cum  laude,  is  boasting  about 
daughter  Roberta  who  was  chosen  for  the  High 
School  National  Honors  Society.  ..Rockport's  Paul 
Boylan  is  busy  writing  The  Element  of  Physics  &  The 
Element  of  Chemistry ..  .Gerry  Weidman  is  serving  as 
a  eucharistic  minister  at  St.  Elizabeth  Seton  Church 
in  Falmouth,  MA.  He  is  a  former  director  in  the 
Catholic  Alumni  Sodality. ..Frank  Russell  reports 
that  the  Russian  language  continues  to  be  a 
challenging  and  interesting  occupation... Bill  Slye  is 
very  busy  as  the  associate  director  in  the  Brockton 
Welfare  Office... Dates  to  remember!  Laetare  Sun- 
day, March  17,  1985.  Let  all  of  us  plan  to  have  a 
large  attendance  from  '34.  Do  it  now:  The  51st  re- 
union is  scheduled  for  Sunday  May  5,  1985.  Note 
Bene... As  we  go  to  press,  we  have  been  advised 
that  the  class  directory  for  our  fiftieth  is  about  to  be 
delivered.  Have  you  obtained  yours?  The  commit- 
tee, under  the  chairmanship  of  Len  O'Connell, 
have  spent  many  hours  preparing  it.  We  hope  you 
will  support  their  efforts.  ..One  last  note.  The  class 
of  '34  had  52  Fides  contributors,  the  largest  number 
yet  for  any  golden  anniversary  class.  For  Alma 
Mater,  we  wish  that  each  succeeding  golden  an- 
niversary class  will  set  new  records. 


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Daniel  G.  Holland 

164  Elgin  St. 

Newton  Centre,  MA  02159 


Reserve  these  1985  dates.  May  16-19  for  our  Fif- 
tieth Anniversary  activities.  More  details  later. 
Watch  your  mail  for  a  very  important  question- 
naire. Complete  it  promptly  and  return  it  as 
directed  on  the  form.  We  hope  to  publish  a 
memorable  Golden  Eagle  book  for  '35. .Our  first 
anniversary  function  was  a  success.  On  October  27 
after  the  Rutgers  victory  Fr.  Jim  Hart  assisted  by 
Tom  Mulvehill,  S.J.  celebrated  Mass  for  our 
deceased  classmates  and  deceased  members  of  our 
families.  Present  were  Anne  and  Milt  Borenstein, 
Irvin  Brogan,  John  Burke,  Gemma  and  Dr.  Ed 
Cardillo  who  were  accompanied  by  daughters  An- 
nette and  Marie,  Dot  and  Bill  Carney,  Elinor  and 
Dr.  Jim  Connolly,  Marjorie  and  Ernie  Coury, 
Gerry  and  Dr.  Frank  Crimmings,  Rita  and  Dib 
Destefano,  Ida  and  Tony  DeVico,  Gen  and  Ed 


Forbes,  Kay  and  Bill  Fitzsimons,  Judge  Frank 
Good  with  his  sisters,  Catherine  and  Mary,  Helen 
and  Dr.  Hank  Groden,  Rita  and  John  Griffin, 
Isabel  and  Bill  Hannan,  Mona  and  Dan  Holland, 
Mary  and  Kiddo  Liddell,  Charlie  McCarthy,  Marie 
and  Dr.  Jim  McDonough,  Ginny  and  Dr.  Joe 
Riley,  Dan  Ring,  Nancy  and  Tom  Ryan,  Judy  and 
Henry  Sheehan,  Annie  and  Ed  Sullivan,  Kate  and 
Walt  Sullivan.  Also  honoring  the  occasion  were 
classmates'  widows  Eleanor  Curran,  Rita  Hurley, 
Edna  Kelly,  Peg  Lownie  with  daughter  Ann  Marie, 
Grace  Nicholson,  Alice  O'Brien  and  Mary 
O'Loughlin.  Special  thanks  to  Bill  Carney  and 
Walter  Sullivan  and  their  committee  for  an 
auspicious  start  of  our  Fiftieth  Anniversary  com- 
memoration. Thanks  also  to  our  reverend  clergy, 
staff  of  Alumni  Office,  especially  Joy  Haywood, 
and  the  courteous  young  women  and  men  who 
served  us  so  graciously.  Prayerful  congratulations 
to  Mary  L.  Mulvehill  on  her  100th  birthday 
celebrated  by  her  daughter,  Margaret  Kelly,  and 
sons,  John  J.  and  Fr.  Tom... Best  wishes  on  retire- 
ment to  Bill  Hannan  as  newspaperman,  who  still 
writes  a  weekly  column  and  an  occasional  editorial 
for  the  Attleboro  Sun  Chronicle... Good  Retirement 
wishes  to  Jim  Connolly,  DDS  who  leaves  an  active 
dental  practice.  Jim  is  past  president  of  the  Mass. 
Dental  Society.  ..Jim  McDonough,  past  president  of 
Mass.  Medical  Society,  was  honored  with  a  bronze 
plaque  naming  the  obstetrical  floor  of  Winchester 
Hospital  for  him... Passion  Play  at  Oberammergau 
was  viewed  by  Dot  and  Bill  Carney,  Kate  and  Walt 
Sullivan,  Mona  and  Don  Holland.  Also  touring 
Europe  were  Bettejo  and  Jack  Murphy.  Visiting 
Boston  for  July  Fourth  excitement  was  their  son, 
David  Kitt  Murphy,  and  his  wife,  Sue... Thanks  to 
word  from  Fr.  Clarence  Boucher  and  Joe  Ryan,  we 
record  the  death  of  Daniel  W.  Riordan,  Esq.  '35. 
Dan  spent  two  years  with  us  and  completed  legal 
studies  at  Suffolk.  Our  sympathy  to  his  brother, 
Timothy... On  a  personal  note,  my  thanks  to  the 
class  for  remembrance  of  your  correspondent's 
mother,  Katherine  E.  Holland  who  died  at  age 
96.  Keep  in  mind  a  generous  gift  to  our  golden  an- 
niversary fund. 


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Joseph  P.  Keating 
24  High  St. 
Natick,  MA  01760 


In  August  Msgr.  Lou  Delahoyde  celebrated  his 
twenty-ninth  year  as  Chancellor  of  the  Sioux  Falls 
Diocese,  and  in  September  his  thirtieth  year  in  the 
Chancery.  Frank  McCarthy  writes  to  keep  Lou 
posted  on  things  back  east.Fr.  Tom  Navien,  for 
many  years  the  sage  of  Groton,  has  retired.  Tom  is 
living  in  St.  Mary's  of  the  Assumption,  Dracut  and 
will  be  helping  out  in  that  parish.  ..Chris  Ianella's 
son,  Chris  Jr. ,  is  starting  to  follow  in  his  father's 
footsteps  after  being  elected  to  the  Governor's 
Council  in  November.  The  Thomas  P.  O'Neill,  Jr. 
Library  was  dedicated  in  October  with  many  of  the 
Class,  acting  on  Bob  O'Hayre's  invitation,  attend- 
ing the  ceremony.  Bishop  Larry  Riley  gave  the  in- 
vocation and  Neil  Owens  was  on  the  platform. 
Among  classmates  spotted  were  Msgr.  Speed  Car- 
roll, Fr.  Gerry  Kinsella,  Dr.  Bob  Condon,  Al 
Burgoyne,  Dennis  Dooley,  Sid  Dunn,  Warren  Fay, 
Steve  Hart,  Bill  Jeselonis,  Tom  Keane,  Bernie 
Kelley,  Tom  and  Joe  Killion,  George  Mahoney, 
Tom  Mahoney,  Jack  McLaughlin,  Joe  O'Connor, 
Brendon  Shea,  Judge  Phil  Tracy,  John  Terry  and, 
of  course,  Class  President  Bob  O'Hayre.  After  the 
dedication  Steve  Hart,  who  spent  one  week  on  a 
Windjammer  Cruise  out  of  Maine  last  summer, 


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went  over  to  St.  Mary's  Hall  and  visited  with  Fr. 
Carl  Thayer,  who  still  teaches  Greek  upon  occasion 
at  the  College.  Tip  O'Neill  gathered  further 
honors  in  November  by  again  being  elected  Speaker 
of  the  House  of  Representatives — a  singular  and 
distinguished  honor  and  position... Sorry  to  report 
George  Finn  of  Milton  died  in  September.  George 
was  an  executive  in  the  woolen  industry  for  many 
years.  The  prayers  and  sympathy  of  the  Class  are 
extended  to  his  wife  and  family.  Another  reminder 
—  the  Fiftieth  is  coming  soon.  Arrangements  are 
being  made.  So  plan  to  take  it  all  in... One  last 
item.  Please  note  these  class  notes  are  coming  from 
Natick,  MA,  the  home  of  the  one  and  only 
Doug  Flutie! 


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Angelo  A.  DiMattia 
82  Perthshire  Rd. 
Brighton,  MA  02135 
(617)  782-3078 


I  am  sad  to  report  that  James  Droney  passed  away 
on  October  9  after  suffering  many  years  with  a 
heart  condition.  We  extend  to  his  wife  Helen,  son 
James  Henry,  and  daughters  Meg  and  Sarah  '78 
our  sincerest  sympathy.  James  had  a  distinguished 
career  as  a  writer  for  the  old  Herald  Traveler  and 
Boston  Evening  American.  He  was  the  chief  editor 
of  the  Lowell  Sun's  Sunday  magazine,  and  received 
many  awards  including  the  coveted  Boston  Press 
Association  Amesa  Howe  award.  .We  extend  to 
Rosemary  Walsh  our  sympathy  on  the  loss  of  her 
sister  Martha  Loeser  who  lived  in  Hanson... We 
also  extend  our  sympathy  to  Andy  Domenick  on 
the  passing  of  his  sister  last  summer.  Let's 
remember  all  of  them  in  our  prayers... We  hope 
that  at  this  writing  Atty.  Tim  Sullivan  and  his 
wife  Penny  are  in  better  health.  They  had  to  miss 
our  reunion  on  November  3.  Both  of  them  are  fine 
persons. ..Had  a  nice  note  from  Al  Tortolini  who 
resides  in  Cotate,  California.  ..Dr.  Gerald  Hogan 
now  lives  in  Boca  Raton,  Honda. ..Vic  De  Rubeis, 
Susan  McGillivray  (Msgr.  Quirk's  sister), 
Francis  McCabe  and  Jim  Nolan  all  made  reserva- 
tions for  our  reunion,  but  were  unable  to  be  pre- 
sent. At  the  reunion  were  the  Keoughs,  Joseph 
Herlihy,  Murrays,  Barretts,  Bill  Costello,  Berrys, 
Bill  Dohertys,  Barrys,  Jim  Dohertys,  Garrahans, 
Curtins,  Gaquins,  McDermotts,  Al  Sullivans, 
Phillips,  Dembrowskis,  DiMattias,  Gene  Cronin 
from  Virginia,  and  Herbie  Block  from  Delray 
Beach,  FL,  who  happened  to  be  up  here  visiting  his 
daughter  in  Framingham,  and  Georgia  White, 
widow  of  Tom  White... John  Crimmings,  Dr.  Jack 
O'Hara,  John  Bonner  and  Francis  Burke,  our 
organist,  sent  their  regrets. .  Many  of  our  classmates 
were  at  the  BC  vs.  Penn  State  game  away  from 
home  and  could  not  attend... At  this  time  I  want  to 
thank  Msgr.  John  Keilty  of  St.  Brigid's  Church  in 
Lexington  for  the  splendid  hospitality  extended  to 
us  all,  both  at  the  lovely  Mass  for  our  deceased  and 
the  reception  held  in  the  adjacent  hall    He  always 
rolls  out  the  red  carpet  when  we  go  to  his  parish. 
St.  Brigid's  Church  had  an  Italian  night  the  follow- 
ing Saturday  and  Msgr.  Keilty  dressed  as  a  Gon- 
dolier stole  the  show.  The  Parish  will  sponsor  a  St. 
Patrick's  social  in  March.  The  reunion  committee 
will  seriously  look  into  this  for  our  next 
reunion..  Met  Fr.  John  Palmicre  at  a  funeral  in 
Revere.  He  looks  great.  He  informed  me  that  since 
he  suffers  from  a  bronchial  condition  he  has  to  live 
in  a  warm,  dry  climate  and  chose  Tucson,  Arizona 
to  spend  his  retirement... Sometime  in  1985  I  am 
going  to  circulate  another  request  for  a  biographical 
resume  of  the  class.  I  am  still  hoping  to  publish  a 


new  Chronicle  of  our  Class  for  our  upcoming  fif- 
tieth. ..Here's  hoping  that  this  winter  will  not  be  too 
severe,  and  that  our  Billy  Sullivan  will  come  up 
with  a  good  football  draft  for  his  Pat  riots... Thanks 
to  Gene  Cronin  for  his  fine  note,  and  likewise  to 
Bill  Costello. 


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Thomas  F.  True,  Jr. 

37  Pomfret  St. 

W.  Roxbury,  MA  02132 


Bob  Power's  son  Robert  received  his  deaconate  in 
the  Jesuits  this  spring.  At  present  he  is  assigned  to 
St.  Ignatius  near  the  college  where  he  assists  the 
celebrant  at  Mass.  My  wife  and  I  have  been 
privileged  to  hear  him  give  several  excellent  ser- 
mons. He  will  be  ordained  next  year. ..In  the  last 
issue  of  this  magazine  we  were  saddened  to  learn  of 
the  death  of  Mario  Rosiro    Marty  had  worked  at 
the  Boston  Garden  since  our  undergraduate  days. 
Just  last  winter  between  periods  of  a  Bruins  game, 
we  dropped  by  to  say  hello  to  him.  To  his  family 
we  extend  our  sincerest  sympathy.  Joe  Home  and 
his  wife  plan  to  attend  the  Cotton  Bowl  ..Met  'Big 
Jim'  Casey  at  the  BC  High-Catholic  Memorial 
game  Thanksgiving  Day.  Among  the  Golden 
Jubilarians  at  BC  High  this  year  were  Bill  Brennan, 
Dr  Joe  Connolly,  Fr.  Jim  Cosgrove,  Jim  Dailey, 
Paul  Donaher,  Bob  Fleming,  Dan  Foley,  Frank 
Foley,  John  Galway,  Joe  Home,  Jim  Hunt,  Gerry 
Jones,  Paul  Kelley,  Junie  King,  Charlie  Langen- 
field,  Charlie  Logue,  Fr.  John  McLaughlin,  Paul 
Mulkern,  Father  John  Murphy,  Charlie  O'Hara, 
Jim  O'Hare,  Bob  Power,  Jim  Regan,  Dr.  John 
Shaw,  Paul  Snell,  Gene  Soles,  Dr.  Dick  Stanton 
and  yours  truly.  ..The  Friday  before  graduation  we 
were  dinner  guests  of  BC  High  president  Fr.  Ray 
Callahan,  S.J.  We  sat  in  a  reserved  section  at  the 
commencement  exercises  and  were  all  presented  our 
gold  diplomas.  Bill  Guindon,  S.J.,  a  former  provin- 
cial, who  had  been  with  our  class  at  BC,  opened 
the  program  by  giving  the  invocation.  ..Again  this 
year  I  am  privileged  to  serve  on  the  Board  of 
Government  of  the  Catholic  Alumni  Sodality.  The 
meetings  are  still  held  the  first  Sunday  of  each 
month  at  the  old  BC  High  with  Mass  at  9:10  am. 
The  guest  speakers  are  always  interesting.  Dr.  John 
Silber,  President  of  B.U.,  Jack  Bicknell,  Mayor 
Ray  Flynn,  Bishop  Joe  Maguire  and  Robert 
Delaney  to  name  a  few.  I  know  that  anyone  who 
would  make  the  effort  to  attend  would  find  it  very 
enjoyable  and  informative.  Wives  and  families  are 
welcome  at  all  meetings.  We  also  have  our  annual 
retreat  during  Lent  and  wind  up  our  year  with  an 
awards  dinner  at  BC.Our  next  chance  to  get 
together  will  be  at  the  Laetare  breakfast  Sunday, 
March  17.  Tables  will  be  reserved  for  our  class  as 
usual. ..Plans  for  our  annual  class  dinner  in  the 
spring  are  under  way.  Details  will  be  sent  later. 


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William  E.  McCarthy 
39  Fairway  Drive 
W.  Newton,  MA  02165 
(617)  332-5196 


Our  class  president  Charlie  Murphy  called  a  com- 
mittee meeting  in  late  November  to  discuss  plans 
for  the  coming  year.  Joining  Charlie  for  the 
meeting  were  Al  Branca,  Jim  Doherty,  Pete  Kerr, 
Bill  McCarthy,  and  Arthur  Sullivan    Paul 
Needham  couldn't  make  it  and  John  Payton  was 


out  playing  golf.  Many  things  were  discussed  and  it 
was  decided  to  have  a  repeat  of  our  very  successful 
hockey  game  and  reception  at  the  Eagles  Nest  in 
Roberts  Center  under  the  chairmanship  of  Dr.  Al 
Branca.  The  hockey  game  was  against  Providence 
on  Saturday,  January  19.  A  full  report  will  follow 
next  issue.  Also  on  the  agenda  will  be  Laetare 
Sunday  and  a  class  buffet  in  late  April.  Paul 
Keane  reports  that  his  daughter,  Mary  Anne, 
MBA  '78,  is  now  the  vice  president  and  comptroller 
of  Thomson  McKinnon  Energy  Management, 
Inc.    During  the  month  of  September,  Pete  Kerr 
and  Judge  Phil  Tracey,  '36,  and  their  wives  visited 
London,  Paris  and  Germany. .  .Talked  to  the  John 
O'Donnell's  as  they  were  about  to  leave  for  a  two- 
week  visit  to  Italy  in  October.  Please  send  some 
news  about  the  old  eagles. 


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John  F.  McLaughlin 
24  Hayward  Rd. 
Acton,  MA.  01720 


The  class  of  '40  Anniversary  Year  started  off  with  a 
dinner  meeting  in  the  faculty  lounge  at  McGuinn 
Hall.  Jack  Morrisey  hosted  the  affair  on  November 
7.  Joy  Haywood  of  the  Alumni  Office  outlined  the 
activates  that  the  Class  might  wish  to 
develop...  Class  President  Bill  Joy  hosted  a  follow- 
up  luncheon  on  December  12.  Jack  Morrissey,  and 
Dave  Lucey  attended.  It  was  decided  that  the 
Laetare  Sunday  Communion  Breakfast  at  the 
Heights  on  March  17  would  be  a  part  of  our  An- 
niversary year  program ..  .Jack  Morrissey  and  Joe 
Groden  worked  on  the  Anniversary  Class  Fund 
Drive.  Some  of  you  may  have  received  their  call. 
Your  correspondent  did  and  made  his 
pi  edge...  Fides  Member  Joe  Dannehy  was  elevated 
to  the  supreme  court  of  the  State  of  Connecticut  in 
November.  He  was  a  justice  in  the  appellate  divi- 
sion...Fr.  Joe  Shea  was  the  eulogist  at  a  Memorial 
Mass  for  Henry  McMahon  in  October.  Henry's 
family,  faculty  members  and  classmate  Paul 
Greeley  attended  ..Dr.  Jim  Doonan  was  installed 
as  president  of  the  Clover  Club  in  December.  He 
succeeded  Brian  Ahearn  '42.  Archibichop  Bernard 
Law  was  guest  speaker. .  Jack  McCarthy  and  Bill 
Gilligan  are  on  our  recovery  list.  Jack  underwent 
throat  surgery  in  September  and  Bill  is  under  the 
capable  care  of  Dr.  Dick  Wright  at  the 
Carney... There  is  a  new  attorney  in  the  Joy  family. 
Bill's  daughter  Ellen  passed  the  Massachusetts  bar 
exams  this  fall.  Fred  Robertie  has  taken  up 
residence  in  his  retirement  home  in  Plymouth,  NH. 
Thank  you  Fred,  Vin  Nasca,  and  Henry  Desmond 
for  your  Christmas  greetings... Please  remember  and 
pray  for  the  members  of  our  class  who  died  last  fall: 
Dr.  Joe  Foley,  Walter  MacDonough  and  Charlie 
Mclsaac. 


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Richard  B.  Daley 
160  Old  Billerica  Road 
Bedford,  MA  01730 
(617)  275-7651 


Please  remember  in  your  prayers  Jack  Daly  who 
passed  away  suddenly  on  Nov.  1.  Jack  spent  most 
of  his  career  with  Stone  &  Webster  finishing  as 
V.P.  with  one  of  the  divisions.  ..On  a  happier  note 
Lennie  McDermott  and  Grace  Sullivan  Scanlon 
were  married  on  June  30.  Both  are  retired  school 


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teachers  of  the  Lowell  School  System.  They  will 
make  their  home  in  Lowell. ..Gerry  Mahoney,  who 
lives  in  St.  Louis,  visited  the  area  recently  to  par- 
ticipate in  his  sister's  Golden  Jubilee  as  Mother 
Francis  of  the  Carmelite  Monastery  in 
Danvers.  ..The  Mahoneys  have  8  children,  one  of 
whom  concelebrated  the  Mass  with  Bishop 
Lawrence  Riley.  ..William  M.J.  Driscoll,  S.J.  was 
the  recipient  of  one  of  Georgetown's  most 
prestigious  awards  at  the  John  Carrol  awards 
weekend,  October  11-14,  at  the  Hyatt  Regency  in 
Baltimore. 


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Ernest  J.  Handy 

215  LaGrange  St. 

W.  Roxbury,  MA  02132 

(617)  323-6326 


As  I  compose  this  column,  the  Advent  Season  has 
just  begun.  I  wish  you  each  a  wonderful  Christmas. 
As  you  read  this  column,  it  will  most  probably  be 
the  penitential  season  of  Lent.  I  wish  each  of  you  a 
happy  and  blessed  Easter... I  was  truly  saddened  to 
learn  of  the  death  on  July  7  of  Ed  McDonal  of 
Winthrop,  and  on  July  8  of  Bill  Dynan.  The  Class 
has  had  a  Mass  said  for  each.  ..Congratulations  to 
Coach  Bicknell  and  the  1984  Football  Team  on  a 
very  successful  season.  I  fully  anticipate  a  victory  in 
the  Cotton  Bowl  and  look  forward  to  celebrating 
with  Amby  Claus,  Jim  Boudreau,  Joe  Sullivan,  Jim 
Cahalane,  Frank  Dever,  Jack  Hart,  John  Mahoney, 
Fred  Seeley,  Jim  Stanton,  Ed  McDonald  of 
Brighton,  Dave  Cavan,  Frank  Colpoys,  Tom 
Flanagan,  Jack  McMahon,  Ken  Murphy,  Jim 
O'Neill,  Brian  Sullivan,  Bernie  Twoomey,  and 
Eleanor  Maguire.  No  doubt  I  shall  meet  other 
Classmates  during  the  journey.  That  list  will  be  in- 
cluded in  the  next  issue... I  was  much  impressed  by 
Fr.  Bob  Drinan's  eulogy  of  Fr.  Shea  that  appeared 
in  the  fall  issue  of  the  magazine.  Fr.  Drinan's 
schedule  keeps  him  traveling  throughout  the  coun- 
try— to  list  same  would  take  an  entire  page.  I  last 
saw  him  as  a  feature  speaker  at  the  Mondale  Rally 
this  past  October.  I  am  grateful  to  him  for  his 
periodic  contacts  and  wish  that  more  of  you  would 
do  likewise... I  expect,  that  by  the  time  this  is  read, 
to  have  contacted  most,  if  not  all,  of  the  Class  in- 
dividually regarding  the  Paul  J.  Maguire  Scholar- 
ship. A  report  on  the  status  of  the  fund  will  be 
published  soon  in  this  column.  If  any  of  the  you 
have  any  questions  regarding  it,  please  contact  me 
directly. 


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Thomas  O'C.  Murray 
14  Churchill  Rd. 
W.  Roxbury,  MA  02132 
(617)  323-8571 


A  note  of  interest  from  your  correspondent.  In 
checking  old  files  recently,  I  have  discovered  we 
have  five  copies  of  our  twentieth  Yearbook  available 
on  a  first  come,  first  served  basis.  Cost  is  only 
$10... The  Class  extends  its  sympathies  to  Bob 
Blute  on  the  death  of  his  father  and  to  Charlie 
Drummey  on  the  death  of  his  mother.  A  recent 
note  from  Bill  Murphy  says  he's  now  retired  as 
V.P.  of  "Plus  I"  of  Westport,  CT.  Daughter  Gail 
is  a  1984  graduate  of  UConn;  Katie  is  a  sophomore 
at  Maryland;  and  son  Bill  is  a  senior  at  Staples 
High.  Bill's  wife  Carmeline  is  a  freelance  writer, 
whom  we  thank  for  the  news... Had  a  nice  note  this 


fall  from  Beatrice  McHale,  who  wishes  to  thank  the 
Class  for  the  Mass  cards  and  enrollments  for  Jim- 
my... News  has  been  sparse  of  late. 


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James  F.  McSorley 
1204  Washington  St. 
North  Abington,  MA  02351 
(617)  878-3008 


Once  again  our  deadline  is  here  and  we  can  again 
send  some  news  your  way.  Our  thanks  to  the  BU 
Law  School  "Information  Update"  which  informs 
us  that  Gene  Saunders,  who  lives  in  Pacific  Grove, 
CA,  is  a  trial  lawyer  on  the  Monterey  Peninsula. 
He  is  also  a  Lt.  Col.  in  the  California  National 
Guard  (Reserve)  where  he  is  a  judge  advocate.  In 
addition,  Gene  is  a  special  master  for  the  California 
State  Bar  dealing  with  matters  of  discipline  pro- 
blems involving  California  lawyers.  In  December  of 
1981  he  was  ajudge,  pro  temp,  for  the  Monterey 
municipal  court  during  the  court's  process  of  choos- 
ing a  court  commissioner.  Gene  is  also  a  U.S. 
district  court  appointed  arbitration  panel  judge  in 
San  Francisco  and  Oakland,  a  position  which  he 
has  held  since  1979... Ed  O'Keefe,  former  chairman 
of  the  board  of  the  First  County  National  Bank  of 
Brockton,  where  he  had  taken  an  active  part  in 
community  affairs,  is  retired  on  a  medical  disabili- 
ty. He  informs  us  that  he  is  enjoying  his  retirement 
living  in  Hingham  with  his  wife  Terry.  They  have 
five  children  and  six  grandchildren.  ..Leo  Wilson 
has  retired  from  the  Shell  Oil  Co.  where  he  was 
area  manager.  He  lives  in  Norwood  with  his  wife 
Barbara.  They  have  done  some  traveling  since 
retirement.  They  have  five  children  (four  BC  eagles 
and  one  from  Fairfield)  and  six  grandchildren..  At 
the  December  press  deadline  Frank  Doherty's  wife 
was  recovering  from  surgery.  Our  prayers  are  with 
her  for  a  quick  recovery.  ..Bill  Daly  took  an  early 
retirement  in  '83  from  the  MIT  Lincoln  Lab. 
However,  to  keep  himself  busy,  he  is  trying  to 
master  the  intricacies  of  computer  languages  by  tak- 
ing courses  at  MIT  and  BC.  Bill  and  his  wife  live 
in  Concord.  They  have  three  sons  and  two 
daughters.  One  daughter  is  married  and  another  is 
a  college  freshman.  One  son  had  set  a  1984  date  for 
his  wedding.  Bill  and  Fran  put  traveling  high  on 
their  priority  list. John  Dempsey  lives  in 
Weymouth.  He  has  been  in  the  appliance  business 
for  35  years  and  is  sales  manager  for  the  Philco- 
Admiral  Corporation.  He  has  one  grandchild.  In 
the  past  he  was  active  in  Scouts  and  Little  League. 
The  current  Eagles  football  success  recalls  his  being 
part  of  the  Sugar  Bowl  team.  Walter  Fitzgerald  is 
teaching  physical  education  at  Madison  Park  High 
School  in  Boston.  He  was  a  former  football  and 
hockey  coach  at  Boston  Trade  School.  Walt  con- 
tinues to  keep  in  touch  with  other  '44ers  and  was  a 
welcome  member  of  our  May  reunion  committee. 
Walter  lives  in  Mattapan  with  his  wife  Ann.  They 
have  three  children  and  four  grandchildren.  ..Dan 
Durant  is  zone  manager  for  the  Kohler  Company, 
working  in  marketing.  Dan  and  his  wife  Ellen  live 
in  Melrose,  and  have  two  sons  and  two  daughters, 
and  two  grandchildren  as  of  May  when  we  last  saw 
Dan  and  Ellen  at  our  reunion. 


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Louis  &  Lillian  Sorgi 
Box  2013 

New  Brunswick,  NJ  08903 
(800)  221-0684 


By  the  time  you  read  these  notes,  the  holidays  will 
be  over  and  hopefully  we  will  have  beaten  Houston 
in  the  Cotton  Bowl.  I  will  have  a  report  on  the  Cot- 
ton Bowl  proceedings  in  the  next  issue  of  the 
magazine.  ..Paul  Paget,  Jack  McCarthy  and  other 
class  members  are  busy  planning  activities  for  1985. 
I  hope  you  will  all  plan  to  take  an  active 
part  in  our  fortieth  celebration — especially,  Laetare 
Sunday,  March  17,  and  Alumni  Weekend,  May 
17-19,  at  the  Heights. 


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V.  Paul  Riordan 
40  Hillcrest  PI. 
Westwood,  MA  02090 
(617)  329-3227 


Eddie  O'Brien  wrote  from  Vienna,  VA  after  my 
appeal  for  notes.  He  described  his  31-day  trip  via 
rail  through  Frankfort  to  Prague;  bus  to  the  border 
of  the  USSR  at  Chop;  then  on  to  Kiev,  to 
Keshinev,  via  Aeroflot  to  Moscow;  then  to  Len- 
ingrad, Velnus,  Lithuania;  to  Warsaw  and  Krakow, 
Poland;  back  into  East  Germany  and  on  to 
Frankfort.  Highlights  of  his  trip  were  roaming 
around  Red  Square,  riding  Moscow's  Metro 
System,  and  Mass  at  the  US  Embassy.  His  most 
emotional  stop  was  walking  through  those  grim  por- 
tals with  the  inscription  "ARBEIT  MACHFREI", 
at  the  entrance  to  Auschwicz/Benkenau.  He  also  at- 
tended his  40th  High  School  Reunion  in  Waltham 
in  November  and  promises  to  attend  our  40th  in 
1988. ..Bill  Boodro  called  me  from  Columbus,  Ohio 
the  night  of  the  Miami  game.  He  was  excited  and 
still  couldn't  believe  the  results.  ..Saw  Bill  Oliver 
and  his  bride  at  several  games,  and  also  saw  Mike 
DeCeseare,  Ed  Ferdenzi,  and  Bob 
Lawlor. .  Recommendation:  the  University  Theater 
productions  on  campus...  St  ill  need  notes,  so  write. 


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John  T.  Prince 

64  Donnybrook  Rd. 

Brighton,  MA.  02135 


As  these  notes  go  to  press  we  are  all  awaiting  the 
Cotton  Bowl  results.  This  has  been  a  most  reward- 
ing year  for  those  of  us  who  have  followed  the  BC 
football  fortunes  these  many  years.  At  last  count 
there  were  17,000  Bostonians  headed  for  Dallas, 
which  indicates  how  the  team  has  captured  the 
Boston  area  scene.  ..Thanks  to  the  new  feature  in 
the  Alumni  Newletter  called  "What's  New?"  we 
have  received  information  on  several  classmates.  E. 
Aquinas  Jordan,  living  in  sunny  Florida,  had  been 
promoted  to  assistant  vice-president  of  Merrill 
Lynch  in  Bradenton,  FL... Frank  Farrell  is  manag- 
ing director  of  Bayside  Expo  Center  in 
Dorchester.  Tom  Ryan  is  very  active  in  the  Mass. 
and  National  Retired  Associations.  He  has  been 
elected  as  a  retired  teacher  to  the  Revolutions  Com- 
mittee of  the  National  Education 
Association... Walter  McGauley  is  very  busy  with 
Boston  Edison  as  district  manager. .  .Our  sympathy 
is  extended  to  Ed  Doherty  on  the  death  of  his 
sister.  Bill  McCool  is  once  again  ready  to  spring 
into  action  with  the  BC  telethon.  He  asks  that 
everyone  be  as  generous  as  possible... I  remind 
everyone  to  take  a  minute  to  tear  off  and  fill  out  the 
"What's  New?"  form  in  the  winter  newsletter    It 
will  provide  notes,  which  are  most  desired  at 
this  point. 


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Edward  L.  Englert 
128  Colberg  Ave. 
Roslindale,  MA  02131 
(617)  323-1500 


The  football  smoker  held  in  December  was  very  en- 
joyable thanks  to  the  efforts  of  Lex  Blood,  Roger 
Connor,  Tom  Megan  and  Al  Sexton.  Players 
Steve  Trapelo  and  Mark  Bardwell  represented  the 
football  team,  and  films  and  video  recordings  were 
shown  by  Joe  Curnane.  Thank  you  all  for  a  plea- 
sant evening!  The  food  was  delicious,  the  prizes 
were  great;  and  the  enthusiasm  of  the  conversation 
was  contagious. ..Jack  Donovan  came  from 
Rochester,  NY.  and  Dick  McLaughlin  drove  up 
from  Connecticut.  Tom  Cullinane  returned  from 
Miami  to  join  us  after  being  rained  out  of  the 
Miami  game.  However,  Bert  Kelley  was  among 
those  staunch  soaked  supporters  who  witnessed  the 
"Miami  mirade"...Ed  Clougherty's  daughter  is  a 
freshman  at  BC.Alex  Morgan  lives  in  Dedham. 
Son  Donald  graduated  cum  laude  from  Harvard, 
majoring  in  mathematics,  and  is  currently  serving 
in  the  Jesuit  Volunteer  Corps  as  a  teacher  in 
Portland,  Oregon.  ..Bill  Terrio  lives  in  Concord, 
Mass  .  Dick  Maloney  is  sales  manager  for  TRW 
and  resides  in  Andover  after  many  years  in  the 
Detroit  area. ..Congratulations  to  Attorney  Jim 
Smith  of  Falmouth,  who  was  recently  sworn  in  as 
U.S.  Magistate  for  the  Cape  Cod  National 
Seashore.  ..Tom  O'Connell  came  from  Princeton, 
N.J.  to  attend  the  Army  game  with  Tom  Cullinane 
and  Jack  Leary.Paul  O'Neil  lives  in  Milton  and 
works  for  Boston  Edison. ..Dana  Doherty  has  settl- 
ed in  Apple  Valley,  Minnesota  and  is  with  Sperry 
Corporation.  Son  Dana  is  at  the  Coast  Guard 
Academy;  daughter  Sally,  is  at  the  Air  Force 
Academy;  and  Frances  is  at  Apple  Valley  High. 
Dana  is  active  in  alumni  activities  as  Admission 
Chairperson  for  Minnesota  and  president  of  the 
B.C.  Club. ..Joe  Chisholm,  Garden  City,  New 
York,  is  vice  president  and  institutional  securities 
salesman  for  Dean,  Witter,  Reynolds  in  New  York. 
Daughter  Stephanie  is  B.C.  '84..  .Chatted  with 
George  Gallant  and  Pete  McMorrow  at  the 
O'Melia  Award  Dinner.  Recently  met  J.  Paul 
Hickey  who  is  celebrating  his  29th  anniversary  with 
Metropolitan  Life  Insurance  Company  where  he  is 
recruiting  manager.  Paul  lives  in 
Middlet  own.  Hope  to  see  you  all  at  the 
spring  function! 


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Robert  W.  Kelly 
98  Standish  Rd. 
Watertown,  MA  02172 
(617)  926-0121 


Tom  Kennedy's  oldest  daughter,  Maura, '80, 
received  her  medical  degree  in  '84  from  Tufts 
Medical  School.  She  is  interning  at  the  VA 
Hospital.  Daughter  Peg  is  BC  '87  and  daughter 
Kathleen  is  a  freshman  at  Emmanual 
College  ..Francis  N.  Gros  Louis  lives  in  Littleton, 
Colorado;  works  for  the  Department  of  Housing 
and  Urban  Development;  and  has  spent  five  years 
working  on  Indian  reservations  in  So.  Dakota 
Francis  has  written  two  books  A  Small  Town  Hick 
and  Proud  of  It  and  Charana,  Goddess  of  the  Plains. 
We'll  have  to  check  the  O'Neill  Library  to  see  if 
they  have  them. ..Met  up  with  Ralph  Antonelli 
who  retired  from  the  Portsmouth  Naval  Shipyard  in 


November  '82.  Ralph  was  a  computer  programmer 
assisting  in  the  various  engineering  disciplines. 
Ralph  resides  in  Dover,  NJ.  He'd  like  the 
whereabouts  of  William  Emmons  and  Tom 
Vanderslice.  Claimed  he  helped  get  them  through 
undergraduate  work... At  our  installation  dinner  for 
our  new  dassmate  Baron  Hugo  we  had  the 
pleasure  of  having  Jim  Willwerth's  daughter  Anne 
Marie  with  us.  Baron  sang  his  famous  rendition  of 
"All  The  Things  You  Are"  to  Anne  Marie  '85.  At 
eighty-two,  Baron  can  still  tingle  the 
heartstrings... We  are  all  saddened  at  the  passing  of 
John  Lawton  on  December  1  at  the  Holy  Cross 
Game.  The  entire  class  sends  its  condolences  to  the 
Lawton  Family... Joe  Cribben  lives  in  Falls 
Church,  VA.  Congrats  are  in  order  for  Joe 
Morgan,  new  first  base  coach  on  Manager 
McNamara's  '85  Red  Sox  team... Speedy  recovery 
to  John  Savage  who  is  recovering  from  a  stroke 
which  afflicted  him  in  May.  John  lives  at  35 
Royalwood  Court,  Cheshire,  CT.. .Talked  with  Bob 
Mullen  who  told  me  that  he  and  a  partner  won  the 
Tobin  Tournament  in  his  flight  at  the  Hatherly 
Country  Club  last  August.  He  says  he  played  a 
round  of  golf  on  December  13  with  Eddie  H anion 
at  Hatherly  and  whipped  him  easy  to  take  shoe 
typhoon.  Bob  just  relocated  his  real  estate  offices  to 
a  new  ultra  modern  building  on  Rte.  3A  in 
Cohasset.  Bob's  company  is  Dwyer  &  Mullen  ERA 
Realtors.  If  you  want  a  deal,  call  Bob  ...Baron 
Hugo,  the  dean  of  local  band  leaders  and  known  to 
all  Totem  Pole  followers,  was  recently  made  an 
honorary  member  of  the  Class  of  1953.  The  class 
has  particular  affection  for  The  Baron  after  enjoy- 
ing his  music  at  our  Senior  Ball  and  at  many  Class 
functions  over  the  past  thirty-one  years.  His  most 
recent  performance  for  us  was  on  December  8.  A 
plaque  presented  in  recognition  of  his  musical 
talent,  winning  personality  and  charitable  nature 
will  hang  in  the  Milton  Library  as  part  of  an  ex- 
hibit of  his  mementos.  In  accepting  the  plaque, 
which  was  presented  by  your  correspondent,  the 
81-years-young  bandleader  described  his  high 
regard  for  BC  and  his  personal  and 
professional  paths  to  a  career  in  music.  Attended  by 
over  fifteen  classmates,  the  event  was  organized  by 
our  president  Paul  Coughlin  and  included  a  special 
blessing  by  Fr.  Joseph  Shea  for  The  Baron  and  his 
family. 


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Francis  X.  Flannery 
60  Linden  St. 
Brookline,  MA  02146 

(617)  277-6408 


I  met  Joe  Skerry  with  his  wife  Jane  and  son 
Joseph.  Joseph  graduated  from  Suffolk  University 
Law  School  in  June  1984.    Attorney  Larry  Bren- 
nan  of  Belmont  was  recently  elected  Secretary  of 
the  Middlesex  County  Bar  Association.  He  is  a 
former  president  of  that  organization  and  Law  Day 
chairman  this  year... I  heard  from  Jerry  Massell 
who  now  resides  in  Union  Beach,  New  Jersey, 
where  he  has  been  municipal  court  judge  since 
1980.  From  1969-71  he  served  as  municipal  court 
judge  in  Middletown.  Jerry  and  his  wife  Betty  have 
four  children.  Their  only  daughter  is  a  recent 
graduate  of  North  Arizona  College  and  is  entering 
law  school  in  September;  one  son  is  in  high  school; 
and  the  fourth  Massell  offspring  is  a  student  at 
Curry  College  planning  a  career  in  social  service 
work...!  extend  to  you  all  my  very  best  wishes  for  a 
happy  holiday  season,  and  look  forward  to  seeing 
many  of  you  in  Dallas  for  the  Cotton  Bowl  Classic. 


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Marie  J.  Kelleher 
12  Tappan  St. 
Melrose,  MA  02176 
(617)  665-2669 


Jim  Powers  sent  us  an  update  indicating  that  1984 
was  a  very  busy  year  for  him.  He  completed  his 
eighth  trip  to  China  among  other  things.  During 
one  trip,  he  made  his  second  visit  to  Moscow.  In 
August,  he  was  promoted  to  senior  vice  president  of 
American  Science  and  Engineering,  Inc.,  in  Cam- 
bridge. September  1 1  marked  a  congratulatory 
milestone.  He  and  his  wife  Norma  celebrated  their 
30th  wedding  anniversary.  Jim  also  reports  that  his 
oldest  son  is  living  in  Hollywood  and  is  studying  ac- 
ting. His  youngest  son  is  living  at  home  and  works 
for  the  Bank  of  Boston.  ..We've  heard  that  Ted 
Meehan  moved  his  importing  business  to  Oster- 
ville,  Mass.  Ted's  company  "Bay  State 
Marketing,"  imports  equipment  manufactured  in 
Korea,  Taiwan,  and  Red  China  for  sale  in  the  US. 
Our  "spy"  reports  that  Ted  is  also  the  inventor  of 
the  famous  "Houchy"  lure  which  is  great  for  cat- 
ching bass  and  blue  fish... Best  wishes  go  to  Ruth 
Henning  Sweeney  on  her  recent  promotion  to  head 
nurse  status  at  the  VA  hospital  in  Bedford,  Mass. 
We  know  that  she  will  do  a  super  job.  ..Congratula- 
tions to  Sally  Walsh  Logue  and  husband  Ed  on 
becoming  grandparents.  ..Pat  Lavoie  Grugnale  and 
husband  Nick  spent  a  lovely  vacation  in 
Hawaii... Stephanie  Coffey  Krupinsky  sent  a  long 
letter.  She  now  has  a  position  far  removed  from 
nursing,  but  which  must  be  fascinating — she  is 
education  coordinator  and  tour  director  for 
Opera/Omaha  and  Omaha  Ballet.  Ah,  to  be  sur- 
rounded by  such  music  would  be  soul  refreshing  for 
.his  columnist!  Steph  also  reports  that  daughter 
Mary  was  married  in  June  at  St.  Francis  Xavier 
Church  in  Hyannis.  One  note:  a  promise  is  a  pro- 
mise, Steph!  See  you  Alumni  Weekend!.  ..Speaking 
of  the  thirtieth,  the  cocktail  party  and  Army  game 
was  such  a  success.  The  class  had  to  purchase 
several  extra  tickets  from  the  Alumni  Association. 
Let's  keep  up  that  spirit,  folks... The  joy  of 
celebrating  our  reunion  and  the  pleasurable  events 
that  we  will  participate  in  are  tempered  somewhat 
by  the  fact  that  with  the  years  that  have  passed, 
more  and  more  of  our  classmates  are  suffering  the 
loss  of  loved  ones.  Recognizing  this,  we  offer  our 
sympathy  to  Dick  Hill  and  his  family  on  the  death 
of  his  mother.  ..While  all  grief  brings  with  it  a 
special  kind  of  individualized  loneliness,  probably 
the  loss  of  a  child  no  matter  what  age  brings  a  grief 
that  seems  almost  unsurmountable.  To  Louise 
McDevitt  Wallent,  husband  Ernie,  and  daughters 
Rosie  and  Cathleen,  go  our  hearts  and  prayers  as 
they  try  to  overcome  their  loss  of  Matthew. 


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Jane  Quigley  Hone 
425  Nassau  Ave. 
Manhasset,  N.Y.  11030 
(516)  627-0973 


A  great  honor  was  given  to  our  class  by  Mary  Jane 
Moyles  Murray  and  Gerry  on  Dec.   1  when  their 
only  son  Gerald  became  a  diocesan  priest.  A  Mass 
and  reception  was  held  on  Dec.  2  in  New  Rochelle 
Mary  Sullivan,  Mary  Hanlon,  Peggy  Knapp 
Galvin,  Jane  Hone,  and  Prank  got  together  for  a 
short  visit     Peggy  Galvin  and  family  live  in  New 
Hampshire  on  a  farm  where  they  raise  animals.  She 
has  five  children.  ..Please  plan  on  coming  to  our 
30th  reunion  on  May  17-19.  Contact  a  roommate, 
or  a  friend,  and  come. 


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Frank  E.  Lynch 
145  Atherton  St. 
Milton,  MA  02186 


A  happy,  healthy  New  Year  to  all... Our  absence  of 
Class  Notes  was  rather  conspicuous  in  the  fall  issue 
of  the  magazine.  Although,  I  submitted  a  short  cap- 
sule of  Class  Notes,  they  were  turned  down  by  the 
Alumni  Office  because  of  the  brevity  of  notes  that 
were  submitted.  Apart  from  the  policy,  the  receipt 
of  Class  Notes  has  been  very  sparce  over  the  last 
year.  The  problem  is  simple.  I  need  to  hear  from  as 
many  Classmates  as  possible  to  make  this  a  consis- 
tent and  viable  column.  I,  therefore,  solicit  your 
support  and  cooperation  in  order  to  "make  it  hap- 
pen"...The  Class  function  at  Durgin  Park,  Faneuil 
Hall  on  October  20  was  a  fine  event  for  those  that 
attended.  It  was  a  mixture  of  good  company  and 
menu.  Congratulations  to  Joe  Cotter  and  Leo 
Morrissey  for  doing  a  great  job  co-chairing  this 
event.  Barry  Adams  was  named  a  vice  provost  at 
Cornell  University.  He  received  both  his  MA.  and 
Ph.D  from  the  University  of  North  Carolina. 
Boston  College  awarded  Barry  a  Presidential 
Bicentennial  Award  in  1976  "for  Personal  Dedica- 
tion, Excellence  and  Service" ...  Marty  Dunn  ap- 
peared on  Good  Morning  America  on  September 
18.  He  was  interviewed  about  the  jaw  surgery  he 
performed  on  Alexandria  Balazar,  an  Ecuador  or- 
phan, in  conjunction  with  Por  Christo,  the  medical 
mission  to  the  country  of  Ecuador.  Marty  also 
discussed  other  aspects  of  Oral  Maxillofacial 
Surgery.  ..Congratulations  to  both  Ed  Brickley  and 
Jack  Dwyer  who  have  been  the  guys  responsible 
for  recording  the  stats  at  all  the  BC  football  games 
over  the  years.  They  are  the  unsung  heroes  behind 
the  scenes  in  the  pressbox  at  Alumni  Stadium. 
Their  love  of  and  dedication  to  the  football  program 
is  to  be  commended. ..Patricia  Sgrosso  Genovesse 
is  assistant  director  of  admissions  for  girls  at  the 
Kent  School  in  Kent,  CT,  where  her  husband  is  a 
member  of  the  English  Department.  Pat's  daughter, 
Pamela,  is  a  member  of  the  Class  of  1988  at  BC 
while  son  David  is  a  junior  at  Brown 
University... Larry  Chisholm's  son  Philip,  Frank 
Lynch's  daughter  Carolyn  and  Joe  McMenimen's 
daughter  Christine  are  all  new  members  of  the 
same  Class  of  1988.  Bob  Mahoney  is  now  ex- 
ecutive vice-president  at  People's,  Inc.  in  Fall  River 
which  serves  the  mentally  retarded  in  southeastern 
Massachusetts.    Gil  "Trapper"  McKinnon 
recently  moved  from  Orleans  on  Cape  Cod  to  Lake 
Hawasu  City,  Arizona.  Gil,  I  can't  forget  those 
days  in  Fr.  Harney's  class  freshman  year!  Write 
soon  and  give  us  an  update  on  that  Arizona 
life. ..Paul  and  Kathy  O'Leary  celebrated  their 
twenty-fifth  wedding  anniversary  on  October  20 
with  a  surprise  party  that  was  planned  by  their 
children.  Rev.  Gene  Sullivan  celebrated  a  Mass  in 
their  honor.  Many  close  friends  and  classmates  of 
Paul  and  Kathy  were  in  attendance  for  this  very 
joyous  event... A  first  anniversary  Mass  for  Paul  D. 
Sullivan  was  held  at  the  Cathedral  of  the  Holy 
Cross  on  October  14.  Paul  was  the  former  director 
of  the  Pine  Street  Inn  in  Boston.  ..John  J.  Perkins 
has  been  named  president  of  the  International  In- 
surance Group  LTD  in  Boston.  John  is  presently  a 
member  and  former  director  of  The  New  England 
Home  for  Little  Wanderers.  ..The  Class  extends  its 
condolences  to  the  families  of  Sr.  Mary  Anita  of 
the  Sisters  of  Providence  who  died  on  July  9, 
Robert  F.  Hinkley  who  died  on  August  11,  and 
Antonio  'Tony'  Quintilliani  of  Quincy  who  died 
on  August  25.  At  this  time,  your  prayers  are  re- 
quested for  a  dear  and  loyal  Classmate  and  the 
spouse  of  another  Classmate  who  are  seriously  ill. 
The  Class  of  1957  extends  to  Coach  Bicknell,  Doug 
Flutie,  our  Heisman  Trophy  Winner,  and  the  rest 


of  the  great  1984  Football  Squad,  thanks  for  a 
tremendously  thrilling  football  season.  Yes,  you  can 
bet  your  life  that  they  will  win  the  Cotton 
Bowl. ..Just  a  reminder  about  Class  Dues. 
Remember  also  my  earlier  request  for  Class  Notes. 
Send  any  newsy  and  interesting  items  along  now! 


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David  A.  Rafferty 
33  Huntly  Rd. 
Hingham,  MA  02043 
(617)  749-3590 


My  apologies  for  the  blank  '58  classnotes  column  in 
the  last  issue.  I  certainly  heard  about  it  from  Joe 
Warner  when  we  were  together  for  the  December  9 
production  of  Deathtrap  at  the  BC  Theatre.  Joe,  in 
addition  to  being  a  judge  in  the  federal  appeals 
court,  is  this  year's  president  of  the  BC  Alumni 
Association  board  of  directors.  Joe  and  his  family 
reside  in  Dedham.  ..Dan  Clancy  is  back  in  school 
again  studying  for  his  MBA  at  SUNY  in  Albany. 
Dan  and  wife  Carol  are  proud  grandparents  of 
Matthew  David.  Matthew  lives  in  Hazel  Park, 
Michigan,  with  his  parents,  Caroline  and 
David... Jim  'Mucca'  McDevitt  is  still  looking  for 
Joe  'Dapper'  Casper  and  Eddie  Malloy.  If  either 
of  you  are  reading  this,  give  me  a  jingle  so  I  can 
get  'Mucca'  off  my  back.  ..John  (Ionian,  give  Jim  a 
call.  He  wants  a  rematch  in  tennis  after  losing  at 
the  Alumni  Tournament.  Jim  has  two  sons  at 
BCHS... Betty  Cool  DiMilla  is  living  in  Fram- 
ingham  with  her  husband  and  five  children. 
Christine  is  a  sophomore  at  Dartmouth,  John  a 
freshman  at  BC,  and  Peter  &  Andrew  are  at  Fram- 
ingham  North  H.S.  At  commencement  at  Mary 
Washington  College,  Fredericksburg,  VA,  Bernie 
Mahoney,  professor  of  chemistry,  received  the 
prestigious  Grellet  C.  Simpson  Award  for  excellence 
in  undergraduate  teaching.  Bernie  received  his 
M.S.  from  BC  and  Ph.D.  from  UNH.  He  has  been 
at  Mary  Washington  since  1964.  ..Received  a  nice 
letter  from  Ben  Adler.  Ben  is  executive  director  of 
Sixty  Plus  Health  Clinic  in  Somerville,  an  am- 
bulatory care  facility,  and  is  living  in 
Belmont... Lou  Belifonte  is  practicing  dentistry  in 
Georgia. ..Dick  Bertocci  is  running  a  nursing  home 
in  Brockton... Joe  Buckley  was  recently  appointed 
chairman  of  the  math  department  at  Western 
Michigan  University.  Joe,  his  wife,  and  four 
children  live  in  Kalamazoo... Tom  Lynch  was  ap- 
pointed vice-president  in  the  treaty  department  of 
the  Metropolitan  Reinsurance  Co.  in  PA.  Previous- 
ly, Tom  was  president  and  general  manager  of  the 
PMA  Reinsurance  Corp.  in  Philadelphia.  His  wife 
Joan  is  an  assistant  professor  in  the  theatre  and  film 
department  at  Villanova.  Tom,  Joan,  Maureen, 
Christopher,  and  Julie  reside  in  Berwyn, 
PA... Received  a  nice  note  from  Kevin  Duggan, 
my  old  buddy  from  the  Wianno  Caddy  Camp  days. 
Kevin  recently  opened  his  own  recruiting  firm 
specializing  in  the  data  processing  field.  RPG 
Group  Inc.,  located  in  Walpole,  MA,  is  his  firm 
and  he  would  welcome  any  inquiries.  Kevin  is  liv- 
ing in  Cumberland,  RI.  Daughter  Lanette  attends 
Salva  Regina  and  Collen  is  at  St.  Anselms.  ..Bea 
and  Tiny  Busa,  how  many  grandchildren?... Jim 
Quinn,  Marilyn  wants  you  to  give  her  a  call!... 'Bo' 
Strum,  what  have  you  been  up  to?. ..Dick  Doyle, 
long  time  no  see!  ...Margie  O'Brien  Shyne  and 
family  are  living  in  Scituate.  Margie's  husband 
John  is  executive  director  of  the  Cardinal  Cushing 
School  and  Training  Center  in  Hanover,  MA.  Son 
John  is  a  sophomore  at  BC  and  was  a  classmate  of 
my  son  David,  at  BCHS... Ken  &  Rita  Moore 
Joyce,  what's  going  on  up  in  the  Buffalo 


area?... Gov.  Joe  Brennan,  what's  going  on  in  the 
state  of  Maine?... John  Croke,  what's  going  on  in 
Connecticut?  Are  you  still  with  IBM?...A1  Carroll 
are  you  still  living  in  Cape  Elizabeth,  ME?... John 
Cloherty,  are  you  still  practicing  pediatrics?..  Dan 
Cummings,  are  you  still  in  insurance?.  ..Frank 
Day,  are  you  still  in  the  moving  business?... Bob 
Diozzi,  are  you  still  jogging  along  the  Charles 
River?... John  Donlan,  are  you  still  hanging  around 
the  Ritz?...Tom  Hassey,  what's  new  in  Somerset 
and  Fall  River?... Joe  Hughes,  do  you  mind  the 
commute  from  Brewster  to  Hyannis?.  ..Joan 
LaChance,  what's  new  with  Bea?. ..Bill  McGurk, 
leave  me  your  sailboat  in  your  will... Recently  ran 
into  Bob  Pickette  at  the  BCHS  vs.  Catholic 
Memorial  Thanksgiving  Day  game  at  Alumni 
Stadium.  Bob's  son  plays  for  BCHS. ..The  sincerest 
condolences  of  our  class  goes  out  to  the  families  of 
John  L.  Donnelly,  Jr.  of  Stoughton,  Joseph  C. 
Quinn,  Jr.  of  Lexington,  Robert  J.  Sullivan  of 
Warwick,  RI,  and  Dermott  P.  O'Toole  of  Win- 
chester. Please,  classmates,  keep  in  touch  as  I  need 
verbiage  for  the  next  issue. 


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Robert  P.  Latkany 
P.O.  Box  4008 
Darien,  CT  06820 


Here's  more  news  from  two  who  were  at  the 
twenty-fifth.  Al  and  Freida  Wisialko  have  three 
kids:  Susan  just  graduated  from  Dartmouth,  and  Al 
and  Ed  are  BC  '85  and  '86  respectively.  In 
November  my  wife  and  I  were  in  St.  Louis' 
Lambert  Airport  for  a  connecting  flight  from  a 
Grand  Canyon  and  West  Coast  trip  when  I  heard 
"Hi,  Luke".  It  is  the  ubiquitous  Al  Wisialko  just 
in  from  Colorado  Springs  and  connecting  to 
Philadelphia.  Al  is  a  CPA  and  has  his  own  firm. 
Al,  I  just  hope  the  next  time  we  will  have  at  least 
five  minutes  to  talk.    Jerome  and  Priscilla  Keith 
Havrda,  whom  it  was  my  great  pleasure  to  in- 
troduce in  1957,  have  five  lovely  daughters. 
Melissa,  24,  was  just  married  this  summer  after 
graduation  from  college;  Gretchen,  22,  is  a  senior 
at  Southern  Connecticut  State  and  is  engaged; 
Carolyn,  19,  is  at  UConn,  Jennifier,  16,  and 
Hayley,  12,  are  still  in  high  school  and  elementary 
school.  Jerome  has  been  successfully  involved  in  the 
purchase  and  sale  of  a  number  of  businesses.  The 
Havrdas  live  in  Madison,  CT.  Jerome  has  political 
aspirations  and  we  should  all  be  ready  to  help  him 
if  he  decides  to  go  that  route... Frank  Costello  lives 
in  Yorktown,  NY  with  his  wife  Candida,  daughter 
Teca,  19,  a  sophomore  at  Baruch  College  and  son 
Frank,  18,  a  senior  at  Hendrik  Hudson  H.S.  Frank 
Jr.  was  All  County  in  soccer  this  fall.  Frank  owns 
Ramtel,  an  office  equipment  distributorship  in  New 
York  City.  They  were  in  South  America  during  the 
reunion... Bill  Fallon  and  his  wife  Pat  live  not  so 
far  from  me  in  Armonk,  NY.  Bill  recently  purchas- 
ed Powell  Supply  Company,  a  wholesale  electrical 
distributorship  in  Haverhill.  He  has  an  apartment 
in  Newburyport  but  still  owns  his  house  in  Ar- 
monk. Lorraine,  27,  graduated  from  Lesley  College 
in  '79  and  has  3  daughters  and  another  child 
expected  in  the  spring.  Four-year-old 
granddaughter  Sharon  could  make  Bill  and  Pat  first 
grandparents  of  our  class.  Let  me  know  if  someone 
beats  them.  William,  25,  graduated  from  William 
and  Mary  in  '81,  spent  3  years  with  Chemical  Bank 
and  is  now  at  Dartmouth  for  an  MBA.  Larry,  22, 
is  a  senior  at  Wittenberg  College  and  daughter 
Robin,  19,  is  a  freshman  at  Salve  Regina  College  in 
Newport... Isn't  it  great  that  young  Doug  Flutie  has 
made  BC  a  household  name  all  over  the  country? 


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Thanks,  as  always,  to  Anne  O'Meara  for 

the  following  news  ...The  last  issue  had  a  mistake  in 
arithmetic.  Although  the  biography  collection  was 
somewhat  less  in  number  than  we  hoped,  there 
were  over  300  submitted — a  slight  increase  over  the 
30  mentioned  in  the  last  column... The  big  news 
this  year  is  Doug  Flutie  and  the  Cotton  Bowl  of 
course.  At  press  time,  approximately  60  classmates 
and  their  families  and  guests  will  be  enjoying  the 
Dallas  celebration.  Peter  McLaughlin  and  com- 
pany are  dressing  for  the  festivities  with  plans  for  a 
black-tie  dinner  in  Dallas.  Bill  York  and  Bill  Con- 
nell  attended  the  Heisman  Dinner  in  New 
York.  ..Honors  to  our  own  now  include  Francis  J. 
Smith,  Chairman  of  Classics  for  Wayland 
Public  Schools  who  was  voted  Teacher  of  the 
Year.. .On  a  sad  note,  Edward  F.  Henneberry,  Jr. 
died  quite  suddenly.  He  was  only  49  years  old  and 
had  served  as  Sheriff  of  Middlesex  County  since 
1981. 


59N 


Maryjane  Mulvanity  Casey 
28  Briarwood  Drive 
Taunton,  MA  02780 


Our  25th  reunion  was  a  great  success!  Special 
thanks  from  the  class  are  extended  to  Janet 
O'Hanley  and  her  hard-working  committee  for  all 
their  efforts  in  making  the  May  18-20,  1984 
weekend  so  wonderful.  The  biographical  update 
which  Helen  Lynch  compiled  and  presented  to 
everyone  added  a  special  dimension  to  the 
festivities.  It  was  wonderful  to  see  so  many  familiar 
faces  reminiscing  over  cocktails  and  dinner  in 
Duchesne  on  Friday  evening.  A  delightful  dinner 
dance  on  Saturday  and  Mass  and  Brunch  on  Sun- 
day offered  '59ers  the  opportunity  to  savor  the 
beautiful  Newton  campus  in  spring  bloom.  Many 
parts  of  our  country  were  well  represented  by  our 
classmates.  Stephanie  Barineau,  from  Houston, 
and  Dean  Schnetzer  from  Tulsa,  Oklahoma,  pro- 
bably travelled  the  farthest  for  our  reunion.  Others 
who  attended  the  festivities  included:  Meg  Dealy 
Ackerman,  Marie  Doelger  O'Brien,  Ellen  Egan 
Stone,  Ann  Foley  Flanagan,  Sheila  Forziatu 
Keenan,  Jane  Gillespie  Steinthal,  Honey  Good 
McLaughlin,  Joan  Haggerty  Eggers,  Barbara 
Johnson  Moran,  Mary  Kelly  McNamara,  Kathleen 
Kingston  Lawlor,  Judy  Lamy  Anstey,  Sheila  Lane 
Malafronte,  Glenna  LaSalle  Keenan,  Deannie 
Madden  Thornton,  Lilyann  Mitchell  Porter,  Nancy 
Masler  Burkholder,  Janet  Chute,  Dolores  Seeman 
Royston,  Janet  Phillips  Connelly,  Anne  Marie 
Walsh  Healy,  Bonnie  Walsh  Stoloski,  Sandy  Sestito 
Pistocchi,  Sue  Sughrue  Carrington,  Dottie  Bohen 
Graham,  Mary  Ellin  Burns  Stiles,  Ellie  Carr 
Hanlong,  Janet  Chartier  O'Hanley,  Sue  Collins 
Joan  Coniglio  O'Donnell,  Helen  Craig  Lynch,  Lee 
Donnelly  Barry,  Joanne  O'Connor  Hynek,  Patti 
O'Neill,  Lois  O'Donoghue  McKenna,  Maryjane 
Mulvanity  Casey,  Maureen  White  Mercier,  and 
Ann  Baker  Martinsen.    It  certainly  was  a  weekend 
to  remember. 


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Joseph  R.  Carty 
920  Main  St. 
Norwell,  MA  02061 
(617)  659-7027 


As  of  this  writing  the  Class  has  had  three  events  to 
celebrate  our  twenty-fifth  and  those  that  attended 


have  had  a  great  time  renewing  acquaintences  and 
being  with  old  and  new  friends.  Thanks  to  Tim 
Daly  who  was  the  chairman  of  the  football  kickoff 
at  the  Alabama  game;  to  Peter  Johnson  who 
chaired  the  tent  event  for  family  day  at  the  Rutgers 
game;  and  to  Joe  and  Brenda  Harrington  who 
chaired  the  theater  night  at  the  BC  arts  center. 
Many  thanks  to  all  for  your  great  effort.  Next  event 
will  be  the  Laetare  Communion  Breakfast  on  St. 
Patrick's  Day.  Alumni  Weekend  will  be  prior  to 
graduation  on  May  20.  You  will  be  receiving  infor- 
mation about  both  events  early  this  spring.  Chair- 
woman Pauline  Doherty,  with  the  assistance  of  Joe 
and  Donna  Steinkrauss,  are  making  plans  to  make 
the  weekend  a  weekend  to  remember...  Do  plan  to 
attend.  ..Bill  Kelly  writes  from  some  place  called 
Hawaii  and  indicates  that  work  is  interfering  with 
his  offshore  racing  and  marlin  fishing  and  the 
weather  might  hit  the  low  sixties  a  few  times  a  year. 
Tough  life.  Bill... Bob  Morrissey  and  Peter  Mann- 
ing attended  the  Heisman  Trophy  Dinner  for  you 
know  who  in  New  York  and  related  it  was  quite  an 
experience  being  with  so  many  notables...  Joe 
Walker  and  his  fiancee  were  in  from  Detroit  for  the 
play  at  the  arts  center.  Joe  has  a  good  position  with 
General  Motors  and  no  longer  has  blond  hair.  ..Joe 
Steinkrauss  is  a  partner  with  Grannan,  McDonald, 
Maloy  and  Steinkrauss  in  Arlington  effective  early 
last  fall.  .Ralph  Gridley  had  health  problems  but 
has  recuperated.  He  is  a  VP  with  the  Federal 
Home  Loan  Bank  in  Boston.  ..Bill  Leen  resides 
in  Brookline  and  is  with  John  Hancock 
security  administration.  Joe  Rabbit  is  president 
and  chief  executive  officer  of  the  Consumer  Savings 
Bank  in  Worcester.  He  resides  in  Ashland...  Dr. 
Mary  Hines  was  in  Bangkok  this  fall  participating 
in  a  seminar  for  USIS.  Mary  is  an  associate  pro- 
fessor at  the  City  College  of  New  York...  Dr. 
James  Russell  is  principal  of  Thurston  Junior  High 
in  Westwood...  PARTICIPATE  is  the  theme  for 
our  twenty-fifth  reunion.  ..Make  plans  now  to 
return  in  May  '85...  See  you  there. 


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Henry  J.  Eagan,  Jr. 
13  Partridge  Hill  Road 
Andover,  MA  01810 


Thanks  for  your  great  response  to  the  fall  issue. 
Please  send  in  more  notes  on  yourself  and  your  '61 
friends... Big  John  Lane  is  living  a  life  of  leisure  in 
Diamond  Bar,  CA.  Actually,  John  is  with  Hughes 
Aircraft  after  retiring  as  a  Lt.  Col.  from  the  Army 
last  year.  John  and  his  wife  Joyce  have  two 
children.  Mike  is  a  senior  at  Diamond  Bar  High 
School  and  Cathy,  a  freshman.  John  said  to  have 
Jim  Lawlor,  Jack  Norton,  Phil  Donahue,  Ed 
Dolan,  and  Jim  Crowley  call  him  COLLECT! 
(Can  you  beat  that?)..  Kevin  Morris  invites  the 
entire  class  to  a  round  of  golf  at  the  Marshfield 
Country  Club.  (That  almost  beats  the  collect  call!) 
Kevin  lives  in  Marshfield,  has  two  daughters,  ages 
12  and  9,  and  sells  dental  equipment  for  Sybron. 
He  also  coaches  Youth  Hockey.  ..Dick  Reale  joined 
Lawrence  Kolbin  Company,  food  brokers,  as 
VP/GM  last  May..  Bob  Simon  launched  his  own 
firm,  Forensic  Analytical  &  Clinical  Toxicology 
Sciences  on  July  1.  Bob  is  located  in  Washington 
DC  and  his  card  says  he's  open  168  hours  a  week 
so  call  him  sometime  and  find  out  what  he  really 
does... Stephanie  Gregory,  MD  has  her  own  prac- 
tice in  internal  medicine  and  resides  in  Evanston, 
Illinois  with  her  husband  and  four  children. 
Stephanie  is  also  associate  professor  of  medicine  at 
Rush  Medical  College  in  Chicago..  Dave  Driscoll 
is  in  his  fourteenth  year  as  Principal  of  Medway 


High.  Dave  and  his  wife  Claire  have  a  daughter  at 
Notre  Dame;  another  at  the  University  of 
Michigan;  and  three  more  at  home  eageriy  awaiting 
their  turn  at  tuition  bills.  ..Veronica  McLoud  Dort 
is  development  editor  for  PWS  Publishers,  a  college 
text  company.  Veronica  is  married  with  two 
children,  and  resides  in  Newtonville...Next 
issue.  ..Hector  Richard,  Bob  O'Connor,  Bob  Buck, 
Phil  Davis,  Bill  Walsh,  Jack  McGonagle.  If  this 
reaches  you  in  time,  please  join  us  for  lunch  at 
Sheraton-Lexington  on  Tuesday,  February  12, 
1985.  Put  it  on  your  calender  now.  Starts  at  noon. 
No  reservations  necessary.  A  report  on  lunch  in  the 
next  issue. 


62 


Richard  N.  Hart,  Jr. 
Five  Amber  Road 
Hingham,  MA  02043 
(617)  749-3918 


The  annual  class  Christmas  luncheon  was  held  on 
Friday,  December  7,  at  Gallagher's  in  Boston. 
Those  in  attendance  included  Kevin  Doyle,  Dick 
McDevitt,  Jack  MacKinnon,  Eddie  Quinn,  Charlie 
McCarthy,  Steve  Mitchell,  Leo  Brunnick,  Paul 
Norton,  Lee  Heiler  and  Tom  Hagen,  as  well  as 
your  correspondent,  Dick  Hart.  Our  regular  "First 
Friday"  luncheons  resume  in  January  at  the  "99" 
on  Devonshire  Street  in  Boston  and  will  continue 
through  May.  If  you  would  like  to  be  on  the  class 
"luncheon"  mailing  list,  please  let  me  know.  By 
the  way,  the  address  and  phone  number  above  is 
my  home  vs.  office,  as  in  past  issues.  I  just  haven't 
had  any  news  to  present  in  the  past  couple  of  issues 
and  although  I  did  have  some  things  to  report  on 
this  time,  I  thought  that  as  you  read  these  notes 
you  might  find  it  easier  to  reach  me  at  home  in  the 
evening  with  your  "news"... Our  condolences  to 
both  Charlie  Driscoll  and  Kevin  Doyle  on  the 
death  of  their  mothers  earlier  this  year. ..Dennis 
O'Connor  is  a  partner  in  the  Houston  office  of 
Deloitte,  Haskins  and  Sells... George  Killgoar  is  a 
partner  in  the  Boston  law  firm  of  Hennessy, 
Kilburn,  Killgoar  and  Ronan  and  is  president  of 
the  Cambridge,  Arlington,  Belmont  Bar  Associa- 
tion. He  resides  in  Lexington  with  his  wife  Vicki 
and  their  two  children.  ..John  Sayers  resides  in 
North  Haven,  CT  with  wife  Mary  and  their  two 
children.  ..Kenneth  Gnazzo  and  wife  Kaye  have 
two  children  at  BC,  a  junior  and  a 
freshman... Laurel  Eisenhauer  is  a  professor  in  the 
School  of  Nursing  and  resides  in  Newtonville.  She 
recently  co- authored  a  book  entitled  The  Nurses' 
1984-85  Guide  to  Drug  Therapy,  published  by 
Prentice-Hall. ..Mary  Casey  Stebbins  and  husband 
Sonny  reside  in  Ithaca,  NY.  They  have  five 
children,  two  of  whom  are  currently  in  college. 
They  are  sponsoring  a  Cambodian  refugee 
family.  ..During  the  summer  'Clem'  Kuergis  runs  a 
65-foot  fishing  boat,  the  "Yankee",  out  of  Sa- 
quatucket  Harbor  in  Harwichport  on  Cape  Cod. 
Your  correspondent  and  three  of  his  sons  spent  an 
enjoyable  day  fishing  last  summer  and  would  highly 
recommend  that  anyone  on  the  Cape  next  summer 
avail  themselves  of  a  trip  on  Clem's  boat.  During 
the  rest  of  the  year  Clem  resides  in  Dedham  with 
his  wife  and  family  where  he  teaches 
school.  .  Michael  J.  McCarthy  is  married,  has  two 
sons  and  lives  in  Austin,  TX.  He  retired  from  the 
USAF  in  '82  and  is  now  the  S.W.  regional 
manager  of  Journal  Films,  Inc.,  an  educational  film 
company..  Mary  Chambers  reports  that  she  gave 
up  the  "stress"  of  working  40  hours  a  week  as  a 
nurse  to  enjoy  raising  five  teenagers.  One  is  now 


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^WMiMM" 


out  of  junior  college  and  engaged;  two  are  in  college 
and  two  are  in  high  school... The  deadline  for  the 
next  issue  is  March  8,  1985.  Please  keep  the 
"news"  coming. 


63 


Bill  Koughan 
801  Ostrum  Street 
Bethlehem,  PA  18015 
(215)  691-4271 


Bill  Koughan  has  been  named  president  of  St. 
Luke's  Hospital  of  Bethlehem,  PA.  Bill  is  excited; 
wife  Gail  is  quite  supportive;  and  Billy,  15,  Mike, 
13,  and  Amy,  10,  are  concerned  about  leaving 
friends.  Received  a  nice  letter  from  Diane  Duffin 
of  Scituate.  Diane  has  just  returned  from  Atlanta. 
She  is  assistant  director  of  public  relations  at  the 
Boston  world  headquarters  of  the  Sheraton  Cor- 
poration. Diane  avoids  the  Southeast  Expressway 
by  taking  the  ferry  to  the  city.  She  has  three  sons 
(one  is  a  freshman  at  Loyola  in  New  Orleans)  and 
"would  love  to  hear  from  former 
classmates".  ..Jack  Connors,  founding  partner  of 
Hill,  Holliday,  Connors,  Cosmopulos,  Inc.  was  the 
guest  of  honor  at  the  first  Communications  Industry 
Dinner  of  the  Greater  Boston  Israel  Bond  Organiza- 
tion...Bill  Redgate  of  Fairfield,  CT,  has  been  nam- 
ed vice  president  of  employee  and  public  relations 
for  Pitney  Bowes  Business  Systems — US.  Bill  is 
president  of  the  Fairfield  College  Preparatory 
School  Alumni  Association  and  a  member  of  the 
school's  Board  of  Regents... Lawrence  Chandler 
became  president-elect  of  the  Virginia  Trial 
Lawyers  Association.  He  takes  office  in  April... Al 
Andrea  is  professor  of  medieval  history  at  the 
University  of  Vermont.  He  is  eagerly  awaiting 
publication  of  his  most  recent  book  which  studies 
the  eariy  13th  century  historian,  Gunther  of 
Pairis...In  Silicon  Valley,  John  Houston  is  vice 
president,  manufacturing  division  for  Aromat  Cor- 
poration, a  world  leader  in  relay  manufacturing. 
John,  Claire,  and  sons,  Jack  and  David,  reside  in 
Cupertino,  CA...Also  on  the  west  coast,  Tom 
Elliott,  professor  of  English  at  Cal.  State  Poly., 
recently  completed  a  sabbatical  leave  as  visiting 
scholar  at  the  University  of  Kent,  England.  Tom 
resides  with  wife  Ginger  and  daughter  Christine,  5, 
in  Claremont,  CA.Judy  Shannon  Lynch  attend- 
ed her  twenty-fifth  reunion  at  Cathedral  High 
School.  At  the  event  were:  Wayne  Budd,  Don  Col- 
lins, and  Don  Phillips.  ..Mary  Anne  (True) 
Yezukevich  of  So.  Weymouth  will  be  my  co- 
correspondent  for  the  school  of  education.  Thanks, 
Mary  Anne!... Ron  Majewski's  daughter  Ann 
Marie  is  a  sophomore  at  BC's  School  of  Manage- 
ment and  daughter  Mary  Ellen  is  at  Vassar.  Both 
girls  worked  at  the  Cape  this  summer  and  Ron 
spent  a  lot  of  time  commuting  between  his  Miami 
and  Monument  Beach  homes... Jack  Sweeney  and 
wife  Brenda  reside  in  Glenview,  IL.  He  is  director 
of  Division  Liaison  for  American  Bar  Association  in 
Chicago.  Daughter  Lisa  is  a  junior  at  Loyola, 
Chicago,  and  John,  Jr.  is  a  sophomore  in  high 
school... At  the  Holy  Cross  game,  I  ran  into 
pediatrician  Tony  Bonacci  and  wife,  Sheila,  and 
"tailgated"  with  Tom  McCabe.  Tom  is  branch 
manager  with  IBM  at  the  new  Copley  Place.  He 
lives  in  Sherborn  with  wife  Marge  and  three 
children,  one  of  whom  is  at  Brown.  Tom  says 
another  Sherborn  resident,  Steve  Garzone  is 
manager  of  Tom  Lyons  Tire  and  the  father  of 
four. ..Bob  Carbone  is  vice  president  of  Con- 
solidated Group  in  Framingham  and  resides  in 
Weston... Thanks  to  Sr.  Mary  Pauline  Hogan  for 


the  Sub  Turri. ..Hope  you  remembered  to  update 
class  correspondent  through  a  Christmas  card.  For 
those  who  forgot,  now  is  the  time  to  send  a  line. 


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Patricia  M.  Harte 
36  Mayflower  Rd. 
Winchester,  MA  01890 
(617)  729-1187 


The  reunion  party  before  and  after  the  BC  vs. 
Rutgers  Game  was  a  great  success.  Many 
classmates  stopped  by  the  tent  with  their  families. 
Please  keep  in  mind  that  the  next  reunion  function 
will  be  a  theater  party  scheduled  for  February  23, 
1985.  You  should  receive  a  flyer  on  this  event,  and 
please  do  try  to  join  us.    Laurence  O'Neill  is  direc- 
tor of  alumni  affairs  at  St.  John's  Prep  in  Danvers, 
while  his  wife,  Maureen  is  director  of  education 
programs  at  Endicott  College.  They  have  two 
daughters,  Kelly  and  Lauren.  The  O'Neills  reside 
in  Beverly.  Joe  Vena  writes  from  West  Orange, 
NJ  that  he  and  a  group  of  classmates  have  made 
their  reservations  for  Alumni  Weekend,  May  17-19 
The  group  meet  each  year  for  a  weekend  in 
Manhattan  with  their  wives.  Attending  this  year 
were  the  Venas,  Giffunis,  Mollicones,  DiFeos,  Per- 
rottis  and  Scaldinis.  They  made  their  reunion  plans 
over  Sunday  Brunch  at  the  Plaza!..  Please  take  the 
time  to  write  and  tell  me  what  you  are  doing.  This 
column  needs  your  assistance! 


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Kathleen  A.  McMenimen 
147  Trapelo  Rd. 
Waltham,  MA  02154 
(617)  894-1247 


As  always,  thanks  to  those  classmates  who  found 
time  from  their  busy  schedules  to  send  along  some 
news.Jacky  Derby  was  recently  promoted  to 
president  of  Litton  Datamedix,  the  leading  health 
care  division  of  Litton,  Ind... James  F.  Andary  was 
recently  elected  president  of  his  local  homes  cor- 
poration comprised  of  800  homes  in  Montgomery 
Village,  Gaithersburg,  MD.  He  is  an  engineer  for 
NASA  at  the  Goddard  Space  Flight  Center  which 
oversaw  the  successful  rescue  of  the  first  tracking 
and  data  relay  satellite.  ..Michael  J.  Krurylo  is  a 
research  chemist  at  the  National  Bureau  of  Stan- 
dards, and  recently  received  the  Department  of 
Commerce  Bronze  Medal  for  superior  federal  ser- 
vice. Mike,  wife  Mary  and  children  Michelle,  15, 
Mike,  14,  Mindy,  9,  and  Merri,  5,  live  in 
Gaithersburg,  MD... Maureen  Sullivan  Driscoll 
has  been  appointed  director  of  the  guidance  depart- 
ment at  Archbishop  Williams  High  School  in  Brain- 
tree.  Maureen  and  Joe  Driscoll  enjoy  life  with  Col- 
leen, Joe  Jr.  and  Christine  ..Brian  E.  McFarland 
becomes  vice  president  of  advertising  services  of 
Gillette,  N.A.,  effective  in  March.  Brian,  his  wife 
and  two  sons  live  in  Duxbury  .  Tom  Galligan,  III, 
wife,  Dr.  Ann  Galligan,  and  their  three  children 
will  be  relocating  to  Weston  from  Bronxville, 
NY.  Tom  was  elected  senior  vice  president, 
treasurer,  chief  financial  officer  and  a  director  of 
Morse  Shoe,  Inc.,  headquartered  in  Canton.  Cur- 
rently, Tom  is  a  member  of  the  New  York  State 
Society  of  CPA's  and  the  American  Institute  of 
CPA's.  He  also  served  on  the  board  of  governors  of 
the  Harvard  Business  School  Club  of  Westchester, 
NY... The  holidays  are  about  over  as  I  write.  Before 
the  rituals  of  spring  begin,  as  you  read,  settle  in  on 


one  of  these  cold  winter  nights  by  the  fire  and  pen 
some  news  of  your  family,  friends  or  yourself  for 
our  next  issue.  Your  classmates  would  love  to  hear 
from  you. 


66N 


Catherine  Beyer  Hurst 
146  Willow  St. 
Acton,  MA  01720 
(617)  263-9598 


Joyce  LaFazia  Mollicone  writes  that  her  daughter, 
Lisa  Marie,  is  a  BC  freshman  this  year,  and  living 
on  the  Newton  campus  in  a  first  floor  room  in  Har- 
dy House.  When  Joyce  and  Joe  took  Lisa  to  school 
in  September,  Joyce  felt  like  she  should  be  checking 
in  instead!  In  between  such  bouts  of  nostalgia, 
Joyce  has  been  teaching  psychology  at  the  junior 
college  level  (CC  of  RI)  and  at  her  alma  mater, 
Bay  View,  in  East  Providence.  This  year  she's 
taken  a  sabbatical  to  finish  her  MA.  at  Rhode 
Island  College,  and  college  hunt  with  17-year-old 
Chrissy.  Joe,  15,  and  Jonna,  12,  complete  the 
Mollicone  clan... A  happy  40th  birthday  to  you  all. 
Remember,  it's  less  than  a  year  and  a  half  till  the 
20th  reunion! 


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Charles  &  Mary-Anne 

Benedict 

84  Rockland  Place 

Newton  Upper  Falls,  MA  02164 

(617)  332-0876 


Bill  Brokowski  is  currently  principal  of  Shadow 
Mountain  High  School  in  Phoenix,  Arizona.  Bill 
received  his  MA  from  BC  in  '68  and  his  Ph.D. 
from  U.Conn.  in  Educational  Administration.  He  is 
married  to  Roberta  Chapman  and  they  have  two 
sons,  Mark,  15,  and  Brian,  13.  Paula  Edmonds- 
Hollifield  of  Twin  Falls,  ID,  has  been  promoted  to 
Lt.  Colonel  in  the  ID  National  Guard.  In  civilian 
life  Paula  is  international  student  advisor  and 
teaches  in  the  speech  and  drama  department  at  the 
College  of  Southern  Idaho     Madeline  Keaveney 
writes  from  CA  where  she  is  associate  professor  in 
the  department  of  information  and  communication 
studies  at  California  State  Univ.,  Chico.  Maddy 
received  her  MA  in  '69  and  her  Ph.D.  in  '72  from 
U.  of  IL  Champaign-Urbana.  She  taught  at  U.  of 
IL  and  Cape  Cod  Community  College  before  arriv- 
ing at  Cal  State  in  '74.  Her  husband  George  is  a 
full  professor  in  religious  studies  specializing  in 
Eastern  Religions.  Maddy  has  a  daughter 
Elizabeth,  12,  and  two  stepchildren,  Beth  and 
George.  In  her  spare  time  she  is  a  gymnastics  judge 
and  serves  as  managing  editor  of  the  national  jour- 
nal Literature  in  Performance. .  .Charles  Benedict  has 
been  appointed  assistant  commissioner  (acting), 
Health  Care  Systems  at  the  Mass.  Department  of 
Public  Health. ..John  McCabe  was  appointed  V.P. 
at  Wedbush,  Noble  &  Cooke  Inc.  in  NY.  John  is 
an  o.t.c.  stockbroker.  He  recently  celebrated  his 
first  wedding  anniversary  with  Lynn.  They  reside  in 
Middletown,  NJ.Jim  Day  has  been  named  divi- 
sion V.P.  at  Hertz  headquarters  in  NY.  Jim  is 
responsible  for  financial  operations  and  systems  for 
Hertz  operations  in  USA,  Canada  and  Latin 
America.  He  is  chairman  of  the  BC  Alumni 
Admissions  Council  for  New  Haven  area  high 
schools.  Jim,  wife  Judith,  and  their  four  sons  reside 
in  Fairfield,  CT.Lou  Scanlon  is  a  Lt.  in  the  San 
Diego  police  department  and  is  director  of  the 
Police  Officers  Association.  Lou  also  serves  on  the 


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boards  of  directors  of  the  National  Conference  of 
Christians  and  Jews,  the  Cystic  Fibrosis  Founda- 
tion, CHAD  and  the  Nice  Guys  Inc. ..Joe  Catan- 
zano  opened  a  second  office  for  general  dentistry  in 
Lexington.  He  and  Pam  took  son  Joe  for  a  visit  to 
Iceland  where  young  Joe  was  born  while  big  Joe 
was  stationed  there  in  the  Navy.  Pam,  a 
Georgetown  grad,  is  a  school  nurse  in  the  Lex- 
ington school  system... Steve  Bransfield  and  wife 
Jane  proudly  announce  the  birth  of  their  first  child, 
Allison  Baker. ..Mark  Brannon,  M.D.  was  ap- 
pointed clinical  assistant  professor  of  medicine  at 
Rutgers  Medical  School..  Denise  Roberto  Delaney 
has  returned  to  the  New  England  area  with  the 
transfer  of  her  husband  Paul  to  Old  Greenwich, 
CT.  Paul  works  for  IBM.  Denise  has  three 
children,  Kevin,  15,  Brian,  12,  and  Kara  Meghan, 
7 ...Ray  Sarno  writes  from  Boulder,  CO.  where  he 
is  a  supervisor  with  the  Colorado  department  of 
public  safety.  ..Bill  Cotter  has  been  named  to  the 
new  position  of  General  Counsel  and  Secretary  of 
Teleco  Oilfield  Services  Inc.  headquartered  in 
Meriden,  CT... Peter  Dervan  is  a  1985  winner  of 
the  American  Chemical  Society's  Nobel  Laureate 
Signature  Award  for  Graduate  Education  in 
Chemistry.  Peter  earned  his  Ph.D.  from  Yale  in 
'72.  He  was  an  NIH  postdoctoral  fellow  at  Stanford 
and  became  a  full  professor  at  Cal  Tech  in  '82. 
Peter  is  considered  by  his  peers  to  be  one  of  the 
world's  experts  in  physical-organic 
chemistry.  Kevin  and  Kay  Manning  Slyne 
welcomed  a  new  daughter,  Colleen. 


67N 


Faith  Brouillard  Hughes 
37  Oxford  Circle 
Belmont,  MA  02178 


Bea  Miale  Jackson  has  eased  back  into  9-5  employ- 
ment. After  years  of  retirement  and  two  years  of 
9-3,  she  is  running  the  mortgage  broker  and  len- 
ding operation  at  Dial  Finance  in  Whittier,  CA. 
Greg,  15,  Jennifer,  14,  and  Jessica,  4,  fill  most  of 
her  off  hours.  Gary  is  still  traveling  between  Texas 
and  California.  ..Jan  Curry  Corignan  has  been 
playing  Women's  League  Tennis  in  South  Florida 
for  10  years  now.  Jan,  Ken,  Brian,  14,  Greg,  11, 
Adrienne,  10,  and  Christopher,  3,  will  be  spending 
their  summers  in  NH.  Jan  writes  "Our  only  claim 
to  fame  is  that  we  were  present  at  the  BC  vs. 
University  of  Miami  game  when  Flutie  made  his 
'Hail  Mary'  pass  to  win  the  game"..  Mary  Jo 
Mahler  Poburko  and  Nicholas  have  been  in  the 
Boston  area  since  1980.  Mary  Jo  is  head  librarian 
for  the  law  firm  of  Goodwin,  Procter  and  Hoar. 
She  heard  that  Noreen  Connolly  Sheehan  and 
Brian  will  be  returning  to  the  US  from  Melbourne 
soon.  Mary  Jo  and  Sandy  McGrath  Huke  helped 
us  track  Elena  Guiffrida  Amette,  Gary  and  family 
to  a  farm  near  Yarmouth,  Nova  Scotia.  More  to 
come. .  Anne  Caswell  Prior  is  teaching  English  to 
Indo-Chinese  elementary  students.  Anne,  Richard, 
Katherine  and  Marianne  are  very  involved 
with  church  and  school  activities 
around  Lowell.  She  has  heard  from  Maria  Lina 
Santos  Velayo  and  Ronald  in  the  Philippines. 
Maria  Lina  has  two  girls  and  a  boy.  Gerry 
McDonnell  Duffy  and  Frank  like  Cape  Cod  living. 
Gerry  has  retired  from  her  title  examining  business 
to  raise  Elizabeth,  5.  She  has  a  tactful  solution  to 
holiday  decorating — two  trees.  One  is  for 
Elizabeth's  handmade  creations  and  the  other  for 
Gerry's  own  holiday  themes... Suzanne  Kufflcr's 
parents'  summer  home  is  in  nearby  Woods  Hole  so 
we  may  be  able  to  get  her  address  soon.  ..Lucille 
Butler  Walsh  when  did  you  leave  Randolf? 


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Judy  Anderson  Day 
415  Burr  St. 
Fairfield,  Ct.  06430 


Our  fellow  classmates  have  some  interesting  and 
quite  diverse  news  to  report  in  this  session's 
mailbag.    Mark  Schwartz  is  founder  and  president 
of  "Florida  Horizons  Unlimited,  Inc.,"  an  aviation 
transportation  management  firm  in  Fort  Lauder- 
dale. They  specialize  in  management  of  private  and 
corporate  aircraft,  crewing  and  training  of  related 
functions  and  worldwide  aircraft  charters,  specializ- 
ing in  the  Caribbean.  He  also  has  a  "Marine  Divi- 
sion" specializing  in  the  charter  of  large  sailboats. 
Mark  recently  celebrated  a  reunion  with  fellow 
dassmates  Don  Constant  and  John  Scarpone  who 
were  vacationing  in  Fort  Lauderdale.  ..Paul  Kiley 
received  a  Special  Achievement  in  Public  Service 
Award  from  the  State  of  Minnesota,  and  has 
recently  opened  a  communication  and  education 
consulting  firm  in  Minneapolis,  working  with  cor- 
porations, foundations,  school  districts  and  govern- 
ment.. Kathleen  Salat  Wigder  has  moved  to 
Newton,  MA.  She,  Harvey  and  children  Alex- 
ander, 7,  and  Elizabeth,  2,  look  forward  to  rejoin- 
ing the  BC  community.  The  Boston  Globe  ran  a 
feature  story  on  George  Sulick  and  his  promising 
venture  in  the  winery  business... Jim  Gilcreast  has 
received  professional  recognition  as  a  certified  fun- 
draising  executive  by  the  National  Society  of  Fun- 
draising  Executives.  He  is  director  of  development 
at  Rhode  Island  College.  Ken  Hackett  appeared 
with  Jane  Pauley  on  the  Today  Show.  Ken  was 
speaking  on  the  famine  in  Ethiopia  and 
the  efforts  of  Catholic  Relief  Services  to  offer  aid. 
His  TV  appearance  was  followed  by  Washington, 
D.C.,  appointments  and  several  more  trips  to 
Africa  in  efforts  to  raise  public  awareness  of  and 
funding  for  the  relief  operations.  ..Fr.  Kevin  Gray 
of  New  Haven  was  recently  ordained  to  the 
priesthood  for  the  Archdiocese  of  H  art  ford ..  Jack 
Kvancz  was  welcomed  into  the  BC  Varsity  Club 
Hall  of  Fame.  The  induction  ceremony  was  attend- 
ed by  Jack's  former  basketball  teammates  as  well  as 
many  other  friends  and  classmates.  ..Please  use  the 
alumni  response  form  in  the  newsletter  to  advise  us 
of  your  activities. ..The  Days  are  thrilled  that  we 
will  be  attending  the  Cotton  Bowl    Hope  to  see 
many  classmates  at  the  "Flutie-ball  Game" 
in  Dallas! 


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James  R.  Littleton 

39  Dale  St. 

Chestnut  Hill,  MA  02167 

(617)  738-5147 


Congratulations  to  Dan  Mechan  who  was  admitted 
to  the  partnership  of  Arthur  Anderson  &  Co.  last 
August.  As  a  partner,  Dan  will  be  working  in  the 
tax  division  of  the  New  Jersey  office... Tom  Hey  is 
controller  for  R.J.  Grondin  &  Sons  of  Gorham, 
Maine.  Tom  is  also  treasurer  of  the  Maine  Better 
Transportation  Association  and  treasurer  of  the 
Rotary  Club  of  Westbrook,  Maine,  where  he 
resides  with  wife  Elizabeth,  daughter  Gayte,  9,  and 
son  Joseph,  8... Bob  Burke  has  joined  the  National 
Academy  of  Sciences'  Institute  of  Medicine  to  work 
on  its  congressionally-mandated  study  of  the  future 
role  of  the  federal  government  in  the  regulation  of 
nursing  homes.  Bob  has  relocated  from  Winchester, 
MA,  to  Bethesda,  where  he  lives  with  wife  Kate, 
son  Brendon,  4,  and  daughter  Brianne,  2... Fran 
De  Rubeis  Meidell  and  Steve  live  in  Chelmsford 
with  Julie,  9,  Erica,  5,  Amy,  2,  and  Christopher,  1. 


Steve  is  department  head  of  English  at  Chelmsford 
High  School  and  active  in  puppeting  as  a  member 
of  the  Boston  Area  Guild  of  Puppeting.  ..Maureen 
O'Keefe  Doran  lives  in  Denver  with  husband 
Christopher,  '65,  and  daughters  Alison,  6,  and 
Megham,  3.  Maureen  is  at  the  V.A.  Medical 
Center  in  Denver  as  psychiatrist  nursing  clinical 
specialist.  She  also  teaches  at  the  school  of  nursing 
and  has  a  private  practice.  ..Jack  Wickham  has  ac- 
cepted a  position  as  the  Boston  regional  manage- 
ment manager  of  Toyota  Motor  Sales,  after  15 
years  with  Ford  Motor  Co... I  hope  to  see  some  of 
my  classmates  at  the  Cotton  Bowl.  Please  take  the 
time  to  let  me  know  what  is  new  with  you. 


69N 


Susan  Power  Callagher 
Belmont  Hill  School 
350  Prospect  St. 
Belmont,  MA02178 


Jackie  Everett  Bonafide  lives  in  Laconia,  NH  with 
husband,  Philip,  a  lawyer,  and  sons,  Chris,  6,  and 
Mikey,  4.  Jackie  works  as  an  independent  public 
relations  consultant  and  specializes  in  creative  com- 
munications for  non-profit  organizations.  ..Sarah 
Ford  Baine  and  Steve  have  been  living  in  London 
with  their  children,  Jason,  9,  Abby,  7,  and  Alexis, 
5,  for  two  years.  Sarah  teaches  in  an  English 
nursery  school  once  a  week  and  is  involved  in 
several  other  projects  and  courses.  She  sees  Ann 
Lessing's  sister,  Ginger,  as  well  as  other  Newton 
alumnae  living  in  London. ..Ann  Lessing  Benedict 
and  Bill  have  four  daughters,  Jennifer,  13,  Kirstie, 
12,  Courtenay,  9,  and  Lindsay,  7,  and  a  son, 
William,  Jr.,  4.  The  girls  are  at  the  Convent  of  the 
Sacred  Heart  School  in  Greenwich,  and  William  is 
at  Greenwich  Country  Day.  Bill  is  an  account  ex- 
ecutive with  Merrill  Lynch  Futures  in  Greenwich 
and  Ann  is  working  part-time  at  the  auction 
gallery,  Christie's  in  NY,  in  the  antiquities  and 
tribal  art  department  and  loves  it.  They  are  ski  en- 
thusiasts who  have  enjoyed  skiing  at  Stratton  and 
Gstaad,  Switzerland.  ..Clare  Burke  completed  her 
M.Ed.  She  is  married  to  Robert  Hillberg,  a 
pulmonary  internist.  They  have  two  sons,  Bowie,  9, 
and  Celin,  6...Jody  Cleary  spent  several  years  as  a 
family  therapist  in  a  Cleveland  social  service  agen- 
cy. Ten  years  ago  she  made  a  change  to  interior 
design  and  for  four  years  has  had  her  own  business 
in  Cleveland.  Jody  is  active  in  the  woman's 
movement  and  has  studied  karate  for  eight 
years... Sharon  McAllister  Cook  and  Barry  have 
two  daughters,  Megan,  7,  and  Kelly,  5.  They  have 
restored  an  eighteenth  century  farmhouse  in  Pott- 
sdown,  PA  and  enjoy  a  getaway  retreat  in 
Rangeley,  ME.  Sharon  is  with  Bell  of  Pennsylvania 
as  district  manager  in  network  engineering.  ..Mary 
Gabel  Costello  and  Peter  live  near  Columbus,  OH 
after  five  years  in  Farmington,  Ct.  Mary  spends 
most  of  her  time  as  mother  to  Danny,  3,  and 
Megan,  1,  but  has  found  time  to  volunteer  as  a 
teacher's  aide,  work  on  a  neighborhood  newsletter, 
take  stenciling  lessons  and  do  some  painting.  Each 
year  the  Costellos  try  to  make  at  least  one  trip  back 
to  New  England.    Kathy  Hartnagle  Halayko  finds 
that  the  "interests"  of  husband  Bob,  and  children, 
Greg,  8,  Emily,  6,  and  Carly,  1,  keep  her  constant- 
ly busy  either  at  home  or  on  the  road.  In  her 
limited  free  time,  she  enjoys  tennis,  needlework, 
reading,  gardening  and  volunteering  on  community 
projects.  She  is  also  taking  graduate  courses  with  a 
tentative  plan  for  a  degree.    Beth  Cangemi  Heller 
and  Bruce  live  in  Scituate  with  children,  Andrew, 
5,  and  Liza,  2.  Both  are  involved  in  human  ser- 
vices. Beth  is  with  the  Weymouth  School  Depart- 


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ment,  and  Bruce  is  with  the  department  of  social 
services  in  Boston.  Beth  completed  her  MSW  in 
1976  at  BC  and  Bruce  is  working  towards  his  MBA 
part  time  at  Suffolk.  They  enjoy  living  two  minutes 
from  the  beach  and  escape  to  it  often... Mary 
Woodcock  Kietzman  writes  that  her  happiness  is 
with  her  husband  and  son;  her  pride  is  in  her 
career  as  a  librarian;  and  her  relief  is  that  despite 
SWC,  Cosmology  and  Literary  Theory,  she  has  a 
happy,  successful  life.  ..Margaret  Bobalek  King 
and  Robert  live  in  Derry,  NH  with  their  children, 
Laura,  13,  Michael,  6,  and  Alice,  2.  Robert  is  a 
data  processing  manager  for  Teledyne  Electro- 
Mechanisms.  Margaret  is  a  writer  ..ith  articles 
published  in  Equus  and  Polo  magazines.  She  has 
written  a  novel  which  she  is  trying  to  have  publish- 
ed and  has  done  pen  and  ink  drawings  of  'horses  in 
sport'  which  she  exhibited  in  Salem,  MA.Kat 
Mandel  Halyo  is  still  with  Mobil  and  would  love  to 
see  anyone  who  ends  up  in  the  Williamsburg,  VA 
area. ..Sue  Davies  Maurer  is  employed  by  the  state 
of  New  Jersey  as  an  internal  management  consul- 
tant. She  enjoys  her  leisure  time  at  home  which  is 
in  a  rural  area.  She  does  a  lot  of  gardening  and 
loves  the  country  life... Mary  Beth  McGrail  and 
Pierce  Swofford  were  married  in  October  '82  and 
are  working  at  the  American  Embassy  in  Bonn, 
Germany.  They  expect  to  be  in  Germany  until  Oc- 
tober '85  when  they  return  to  Washington,  D.C. 
Mary  Beth  would  be  delighted  to  see  any  classmates 
who  happen  to  be  passing  through  Bonn.  ..Lorraine 
Maclean  O'Conor  and  Tom  have  moved  to  Lan- 
caster, PA,  where  Tom  has  joined  a  hematology- 
oncology  practice.  They  have  a  daughter,  Katie,  3, 
and  Lorraine  hopes  to  return  to  the  practice  of 
medicine  as  soon  as  they  are  settled.  ..Ann  'Candy' 
Sullivan  Olson  and  John  live  in  Tampa,  and  are 
the  parents  of  Elizabeth,  4,  and  Katherine,  10  mon- 
ths. They  have  been  restoring  an  old  house,  learn- 
ing skills  they  had  never  heard  of  a  couple  of  years 
ago... Meg  Phillips  Phillips  and  Chris  have  four 
children,  Ethan,  10,  Maggie,  8,  Joseph,  6,  and 
Suzanne,  3.  They  live  in  Austin,  TX.  Meg  started 
a  business  with  Discovery  Toys  as  a  part-time  in- 
dependent consult  ant...  Jane  Ackerman  Poklemba 
returned  to  work  as  an  assistant  principal  in  a 
public  elementary  school  in  Schnectady,  NY,  now 
that  daughter,  Jill,  is  in  first  grade.  ..Marge  McGah 
Scanlon  says  that  life  in  Phoenix  is  hectic.  She 
teaches  second  grade  and  occasional  college  courses 
in  psychology  at  the  state  prison  at  Perryville.  Amy 
is  in  fourth  grade;  Peter  in  third  at  a  Catholic 
school;  and  both  are  soccer  and  computer  fans. 
David  enjoys  his  work  at  the  law  firm  and  is  involv- 
ed as  a  director  of  a  group  of  mental  health  agen- 
cies. "We  love  the  life  in  Phoenix — no  winter  coats, 
frozen  cars — it  sure  is  easier!  We  welcome  anyone 
in  the  area  to  stop  and  see  us!  "...Patricia  Sullivan 
Shapiro,  Mark,  and  Matthew,  2,  live  in  Cam- 
bridge. Patricia  has  been  teaching  in  the  Boston 
schools  since  graduation  and  is  now  a 
bilingual  third  grade  teacher.  ..Barbara  Sweeney 
moved  to  Gainesville,  FL,  and  is  an  assistant  pro- 
fessor in  the  college  of  journalism  and  communica- 
tion. She  received  her  Ph.D.  at  UMass  in  '81  and 
had  been  teaching  at  Auburn  University  since  then. 
She  is  happy  to  report  that  she  stopped  smoking — 
a  habit  she  acquired  at  NCSH. 


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Dennis  "Razz"  Berr) 
15  George  St. 
Wayand,  MA  01778 


Hi  gang.  Hope  many  of  you  enjoyed  the  Cotton 
Bowl  in  person  and  all  of  you  at  least  flipped  on  the 


tube  and  put  the  phone  on  hold  for  a  few  hours  on 
New  Year's  Day.  ..Notes  this  time  include  more 
than  a  little  moving  around.  Tim  Sheehy  moved  to 
Cronin  and  Company,  a  young  and  fast-growing 
real  estate  brokerage  in  Boston... Steve  DiRusso 
made  some  moves  up  the  ladder  at  GM.  In  1981  he 
went  from  the  assembly  plant  in  Framingham  to  the 
central  office.  Last  year  he  was  promoted  to  ad- 
ministrator of  cost  accounting  at  the  company's 
Fairfax  assembly  plant  in  Kansas  City,  Kansas.  He 
reports  enjoying  life  in  Kansas  with  his  wife  and  5 
little  DiRusso's...  Victor  Alibi  audi  who  has  been 
working  in  The  Big  Apple  since  graduation  was 
transferred  to  the  Nashua  NH.  office  of  Shearson, 
Lehman,  American  Express  as  a  financial  consul- 
tant. It  seems  that  change  would  be  quite  a  culture 
shock.  I'd  love  to  hear  his  impressions.  ..How  about 
dropping  a  line?... Over  the  past  couple  of  months 
I've  seen  Pat  Carney  a  few  times.  He's  moved  the 
base  of  his  very  successful  real  estate  company  to 
Boston  from  the  New  Bedford  area.  As  always,  he 
has  several  projects  going  and  more  in  the  planning 
stages.  John  Deschenes,  an  attorney  for  Comm/- 
Energy  recently  dropped  a  line  from  his  Dedham 
home.  He  and  wife  Linda  welcomed  their  third 
child  and  first  son,  John  Charles,  in 
September.  ..While  in  San  Diego  in  November,  I 
had  lunch  with  Bill  Hughes  who  is  practicing  law 
in  partnership  with  law  school  classmate  John 
Campbell.  Bill  has  fully  taken  to  the  California  life 
style  and  thinks  snow  is  great  to  look  at  on 
post  cards...  If  nothing  else  after  the  recent  elections 
I  know  I'm  on  a  first  name  basis  with  my  state 
senator.  Paul  Cellucci  was  easily  elected  to  a  seat 
in  the  upper  house  of  the  Mass.  legislature  from  a 
district  that  includes  my  home  town  of  Wayland. 
Congratulations,  Paul,  and  the  first  time  you  do 
something  I  don't  like,  will  you  ever  hear  about 
it... If  I  don't  hear  from  you  by  letter  or  phone  over 
the  next  couple  of  months,  I'll  look  forward  to  see- 
ing you  at  the  reunion  weekend,  May  17-19.  Please 
set  the  time  aside  now.  It  will  be  a  great  time. 


70N 


Andrea  Moore  Johnson 
43  Pine  Ridge  Rd. 
Wellesley  Hills,  MA  02181 
(617)  237-2417 


Pamela  Moore  wrote  from  Tarrytown  with  the 
very  sad  news  of  Marion  Jones  Petersson's  death 
from  leukemia  last  April.  Marion's  husband,  Len- 
nart,  and  daughters  Christina,  5,  and  Erika,  3,  live 
in  Ithaca,  New  York.  Pam  wrote  "Many  Newton- 
ians sent  messages  of  love  and  support  including  the 
Sacred  Heart  Community  and  classmates."  Some 
Newton  friends  visited  and  some  donated  platelets 
for  Marion's  treatments  including  Mary  Ann 
Iraggi,  Rita  Houlihan,  Maureen  Dwyer,  and 
Mary  Ann  Rural  Michaels.  What  fine  friends  we 
have  from  our  years  at  Newton!  Our  prayers  for 
Marion,  her  family  and  to  all  of  you  who  will  miss 
her  so  much. 


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Thomas  J.  Capano 
2500  West  17th  St. 
Wilmington,  DE  19806 
(302)  658-7461 


Michael  DeAngelis  recently  became  a  partner  in 
the  Wall  Street  law  firm  of  Mudge,  Rose,  Guthrie, 
Alexander  &  Ferdon.Jim  Metz  is  an  assistant  pro- 


secutor in  Wayne  County  Michigan.  Jim  and 
Cathy  are  the  parents  of  five  children  and  are  living 
in  Shelby  Township  Michigan.  ..Moe  Aubuchon 
and  Susan  live  in  Wellesley  and  have  three 
children.  Moe  is  vice  president — finance  of  Lappin 
Wallcoverings  in  Boston  and  received  his  MBA 
from  Bentley  last  spring.  Although  he  has  just 
about  retired  from  rugby,  he  has  become  a 
marathon  runner  and  ran  in  the  Boston  Marathon 
last  year.  ..Suzanne  Demers  Widdowson  and  Jon 
welcomed  daughter,  Katie,  on  April  3.  After  a  year 
in  England  following  graduation,  Suzanne  returned 
to  BC  for  a  masters  in  special  education.  Five  years 
ago  she  and  her  husband  were  persuaded  by 
classmate  Diane  DiGiovanni  Craw  to  move  to 
California.  Suzanne  is  a  research  specialist  at  a 
middle  school  in  San  Jose  and  is  living  in  Los 
Gatos.  Meanwhile,  Diane  has  moved  back  to  PA. 
Suzanne  hears  from  Grace  Lubozetta  Wahl,  who 
has  two  daughters  and  lives  in  North  Hampton, 
MA  with  her  dentist  husband  Marty... John  Mc- 
Carthy lives  in  Miami  with  his  wife  Cindy  and  two 
children.  He  is  vice  president  and  chief  operating 
officer  of  Southeast  Bank  Leasing  Company.  Last 
summer  John  got  together  in  Boston  with  Charlie 
Earley,  Paul  Cronin,  Santo  La  Tores,  Brian 
Shaughnessy  and  their  families.    Robert  Maguire 
and  John  Carroll  participated  in  a  soccer  tourna- 
ment at  BC  in  July  for  those  over  30.  The  "bald 
eagles"  won  their  third  game  and  played  well  in  the 
first  two.  Ken  Cunha  was  present,  playing  for  his 
own  team  from  Sudbury.  Robert  hopes  that  the 
tournament  becomes  an  annual  event... Robert 
LeBlanc  has  been  appointed  general  manager  of 
the  specialty  chemical  division  of  Atochem,  in 
Paramus,  NJ...Fred  Willis  will  participate  in  the 
First  Annual  Beanpot  Masters  Hockey  Tournament 
in  January  for  the  benefit  of  the  Jimmy  Fund  and 
the  hockey  programs  of  the  schools 
represented... Peter  Baltren  has  been  named  by  the 
Ware  Rotary  Club  as  its  "Citizen  of  the  Year"  in 
recognition  of  his  many  contributions  to  the  com- 
munity. The  list  of  Peter's  accomplishments  is  im- 
pressive and  far  too  numerous  to  itemize  here.  He 
is  head  of  the  social  studies  department  at  Ware 
High  School  where  he  is  coach  of  the  golf 
team  and  advisor  to  the  student  council.  The 
Baltrens  are  expecting  their  third  child  in  March. 
At  a  recent  football  game  they  got  together  with 
Tom  Fitzgerald  and  Joan  and  their  two  children. 
Joan  was  expecting  their  third  child. .  Michelle 
Lynne  Callan  graduated  from  the  University  of 
Buffalo  Law  School  in  1983  and  is  an  associate  with 
the  Buffalo  firm  of  Dempsey  &  Dempsey  specializ- 
ing in  medical  malpractice  and  persona]  injury. 
Prior  to  law  school,  she  worked  in  nursing  and 
earned  her  masters  from  the  University  of 
Washington.  ..Gerry  Manning  taught  in  the  Boston 
school  system  for  ten  years  before  Proposition  2  1/2 
caused  his  layoff.  He  then  purchased  a  restaurant 
in  West  Yarmouth  called  Captain  Parker's  Pub  & 
Restaurant,  which  he  keeps  open  year-round.  ..Jim 
Lanigan  left  teaching,  sold  his  landscaping  business 
and  is  working  at  Avco  Systems  Division  in  Wilm- 
ington, MA  as  a  program  business  administrator. 


71N 


Georgina  Pardo  Blanke 
530  Malaga  Ave.  #4 
Coral  Gables,  FL  33134 


Great  news.  I've  heard  from  some  of  you  at  last. 
Melissa  Robbins  Lombardo  and  husband  Mike 


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became  second-time  parents  with  Nicole,  born  Oc- 
tober 31  at  over  9  lbs.  Congratulations  on  the  new 
addition,  just  in  time  for  the  holidays  ...Would  you 
believe  Jean  McVoy  has  been  to  China?  She  spent 
a  fascinating  three  weeks  in  the  mainland  and  shot 
over  one  thousand  slides.  Maybe  we  can  get  her  to 
show  them  at  the  reunion.  Jean  lives  in  Washington 
D.C.  and  works  for  the  Veterans  Administration  as 
a  medical  librarian.  Her  job  allows  for  some  travel 
in  the  U.S.,  so  for  vacations  she  has  spent  time  in 
Europe  and  the  Far  East.  Has  the  ink  turned  green 
with  envy?..  Eva  Sereghy  tells  me  she  nearly 
volunteered  for  class  secretary.  Who  knows  where 
she  would  have  found  the  time?  She  is  raising  two 
daughters  Jessica,  3,  and  Lauren,  3  months,  and 
finishing  her  M.S.  in  health  policy  and  manage- 
ment at  Johns  Hopkins.  She  is  currently  on  mater- 
nity leave  from  her  job  at  the  National  Cancer 
Institute  where  she  is  involved  with  planning  a  na- 
tionwide cancer  prevention  public  education  pro- 
gram. I'm  looking  forward  to  more  news  for  shar- 
ing. Let's  start  thinking  about  our  15th  year 
reunion  in  '86.  Hoping  for  an  early  spring  for 
all  of  you. 


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Larry  Edgar 
2473  Oak  St. 
Santa  Monica,  CA  90405 


I'm  writing  prior  to  my  trip  to  the  Cotton  Bowl.  I 
hope  to  have  news  from  there  to  report  next  issue, 
but  for  this  issue  we  did  hear  from  Phil  Goldberg, 
who  completed  his  training  in  ophthamology  in 
June,  and  has  established  a  practice  on  the  east  side 
of  Cleveland.  He  and  his  wife,  Adrienne,  have  a 
baby  daughter,  Lindsey. .  Pete  Maher  is  an  at- 
torney in  St.  Louis.  He  and  Jane,  recently  welcom- 
ed their  third  child  and  second  son. Jane  Bent 
holds  a  masters  degree  in  landscape  architecture 
from  Cornell,  and  recently  moved  back  to  the  U.S. 
with  her  husband,  Jeff.  Christine  Gunther  is  a 
contract  administrator  for  Gunther  International  in 
Mystic,  CT.  She  attended  the  wedding  of  Cathi 
Callahan,  N  '72,  and  Jim  Brennan  in 
August... Phil  Beyer  wrote  that  he  is  director  of 
guidance  and  counseling  at  Carmel  (N.Y.)  High 
School.  He  completed  his  sixth  marathon  in 
November... Kevin  Bagley  has  become  a  partner 
with  the  CPA  firm  of  Peat,  Marwick,  Mitchell  in 
Dallas,  where  he  lives  with  wife  Maureen  and  their 
four  children. ..Lawrence  Gold,  MA,  Philosophy, 
'72  from  Newton  College,  has  been  named  director 
of  the  Center  for  Management  Studies  at  Fairleigh 
Dickenson  U.'s  Rutherford  campus. 


72N 


Nancy  Brouillard  McKenzie 
8727  Ridge  Road 
Bethesda,  MD  20817 


The  plea  for  news  starts  the  column.  As  of  2  weeks 
before  Christmas,  I  have  zero  fingernails  left.  I  find 
this  an  appalling  condition  for  a  class  correspon- 
dent. Please  send  news  now  so  that  I  will  have 
fingernails  by  Easter... Candi  Curtin  Barry,  Bob, 
Kevin,  5,  and  Caitlin,  18  months,  are  now  in  the 
Washington  area.  Candi  is  district  marketing 
manager  for  AT&T  for  the  federal  government. 
Other  news  from  Candi  is  that  Connie  Bielecki  is 
working  with  the  Spiritual  Life  Institue  in  Col- 
orado. Prior  to  Colorado,  Connie  had  been  in 
Arizona  and  Nova  Scotia  for  the  Institute. .  Donna 


Mayers  works  at  State  Street  Bank  and  Trust  in 
correspondent  services  as  an  assistant  vice  presi- 
dent. In  addition  to  other  duties,  Donna  is  an  in- 
structor at  the  American  Institute  of  Banking  in 
Boston  where  she  teaches  principles  of  commercial 
banking.  Donna  and  Jim  Forward  are  living  in 
Swampscott.  Meg  Barres  Alonso  sent  news  about 
Penny  Price  Nachtman.  The  family  moved  from 
California  to  Michigan.  Penny  is  doing  executive 
training  consultation  for  GM.  Joe  is  a  professor  at 
Wayne  State  University.  The  last  news  is  that  the 
Nachtmans  welcomed  Daniel  to  the  family.  Mary 
Coan  is  Daniel's  godmother.  ..Please  re-read  the 
first  four  sentences  of  the  column.  After  that,  you 
are  to  send  me  some  news! 


73 


Robert  Connor 
Two  High  Fields 
Wayland,  MA  01778 


The  most  amazing  thing  happened.  Someone  ac- 
tually sent  me  notes  about  our  classmates.  I  owe 
that  person  my  firstborn  male.  Congratulations  to 
Bob  Rapport  who  has  been  promoted  to  partner  of 
the  worldwide  accounting  firm  of  Deloitte  Haskins 
&  Sells.  Bob  and  his  new  bride  Diane  are  living  in 
Wyckoff,  NJ..  John  Lowe  is  working  for  IBM  in 
New  York  City  and  is  enjoying  his 
bachelorhood.  ..Dallas  is  the  home  of  Dane  Smith, 
which  is  why  BC  was  invited  to  the  Cotton  Bowl. 
Dane  is  working  for  Macerich  Inc.,  a  commercial 
real  estate  company.  He  and  wife  Judy  announced 
the  birth  of  son,  Tyler.  John  D'Amico  is  making  a 
career  out  of  the  Navy  and  is  living  in  San 
Diego.  ..Lenny  Newburgh  Muscarella 
is  married  and  working  for  CBS  Venture  One  in 
Fairlawn.  Jeff  Stephen  and  wife  Patty  are  making 
a  home  in  Rhode  Island  for  their  three  boys.  Jeff 
works  for  Fram  Corporation.  ..Peter  Polite  is  living 
in  Connecticut  and  has  his  own  CPA  practice.  Joe 
Capalbo,  Paul  Ryan,  and  Paul  Logan  were  named 
by  the  Alumni  Association  as  "Tailgate  Champs" 
for  the  second  year  in  a  row.  The  three  of  them 
agreed  that  they  would  not  let  this  success  change 
their  lifestyle.  Joe  is  financial  vice  president  of  The 
Coupon  Counter.  Frank  Crocetti  is  vice  president 
of  purchasing  for  Fidelity.  The  Crocetti  family  lives 
in  Newton.  Joy  Maruatone  Malone  is  keeping 
very  busy.  In  addition  to  being  a  mother  of  two  and 
a  lawyer,  she  is  also  a  LaLeche  League  leader  in 
western  New  York.  Joy  is  a  member  of  the  comittee 
rewriting  the  leader's  handbook  with  a  circulation 
of  over  10, 000... Paul  J.  Dillon  has  been  appointed 
assistant  U.S.  attorney  for  the  district  of  New 
Jersey  with  an  office  in  Newark.  ..Chuck  Badavas 
and  his  new  bride  Nancy  are  living  in  Marblehead. 
Chuck  left  Arthur  D.  Little  to  start  a  new  company 
called  Apollo  Resources.  The  company,  located  in 
Danvers,  MA,  produces  and  markets  fitness  and  ex- 
ercise equipment.  The  Cotton  Bowl  was  a  great 
time.  There  must  have  been  over  200  of  our 
classmates  down  there.  Keep  those  notes  coming. 
Until  we  talk  again,  good  luck  and  good  health. 


73N 


Joan  Brouillard  Carroll 
1280  N.  Sweetzer  Ave. 
West  Hollywood,  CA  90069 


Greetings  from  LA!  After  a  summer  in  Maine, 
Chris  and  I  drove  across  country  to  find  fame  and 
fortune  out  West.  Despite  two  earthquakes  in  3 
weeks,  we  are  enjoying  California. .  Pat  Kamlin 


travelled  to  Maine  and  bought  a  new  house  in  Nor- 
thborough,  MA.  She's  a  production  manager  for  a 
plastic  credit  card  producer.  ..More  on  Maine.  Ann 
Madigan  has  a  new  job  with  the  city  of  Portland  to 
provide  contract  administration  and  other  services 
to  the  department  of  parks  and  public  works.  We 
never  made  it  to  lunch  together.  Nancy  Warburton 
had  a  month's  vacation  planned  in  Boothbay.  The 
Jersey  shore  is  the  new  home  for  Trish  Moll 
Hynes,  her  husband  of  7  years,  and  sons  Matthew, 
5,  and  Patrick,  2.  She  is  a  practicing 
psychotherapist.  Anne  Rafferty  Crowley  lives  in 
Colorado  Springs  with  Matt,  4,  and  Danny,  2, 
while  Jim  is  assigned  to  the  Air  Force  Academy... A 
fellow  Californian,  Mira  Seski  Beerbaum,  lives  in 
tiny  Sebastopal  with  Hans  (MBS,  CLU,  ChFC) 
and  their  4  cats.  She  received  her  MA  in  '75  in 
Russian  and  a  certificate  of  proficiency  in 
translating  from  Monterey  Institute  of  International 
Studies.  Beerbaum  &  Beerbaum,  Inc.,  is  their  firm, 
specializing  in  financial  planning,  investments,  etc. 
They  grow  their  own  food;  sew  their  own  clothes; 
and  are  growing  seedlings  to  forest  11  acres,  where 
they  plan  to  build  a  house.  Whew!... A  full-time 
high  school  art  teacher  in  Manfield,  MA,  Sue  Io- 
vieno  has  110  kids  this  year!  She  somehow  finds 
time  to  exhibit  her  works — Oct.  '84  at  the  Ames 
Estate  in  Easton,  MA,  and  March  '85  at  Stonehill 
College  Library  (sculpture). ..Eileen  Wynne  and 
Rosemary  Sullivan  Van  Graafeiland  sent  a  joint 
letter  from  Eileen's  kitchen  in  Harrington  Park, 
NJ,  chock-full  of  info.  Eileen  and  Leo  (last  name, 
Eileen?)  were  married  in  NJ  in  July.  She  has  been 
with  Chase  for  over  10  years  in  the  domestic  private 
banking  group,  and  Leo  works  at  Queens  College 
in  recruiting.  Rosemary  and  Jack  married  in  Nov. 
'83  in  Norwich,  CT.  Both  work  for  Aetna  in  Hart- 
ford. She  as  a  systems  development  coordinator;  he 
as  a  systems  specialist.  They  live  in  Middletown, 
CT.  More  from  them  next  time... Anne  Nevins, 
what's  this  I  hear  about  a  safari  in  Kenya?.  ..Please 
write,  all. 


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Pat  McNabb  Evans 
1 1  Fales  Place 
Foxboro,  MA  02035 


Happy  New  Year!.  This  has  been  quite  a  season  for 
new  babies  among  our  classmates.  Pam  Ellison 
Brown  wrote  from  No.  Carolina  after  hurricane 
Diana  had  hit  their  area.  They  were  fine,  and  Pam 
was  announcing  the  September  birth  of  Kieran 
Donovan  Brown,  her  third  child... Judy  and  Ben 
Chin  are  enjoying  Karyn,  born  in  October... I 
received  a  nice  note  from  Bob  and  Marie  Sheehy 
Grip  who  were  "Cotton  Bowl  bound".  Their  se- 
cond daughter,  Mary  Katherine,  was  also  born  in 
October.  The  Grips  are  back  in  Mobile,  AL,  where 
Bob  is  anchoring  the  early  and  late  newcasts  on 
W  A  LA-TV...  John  and  Kathy  Rourke  Lopez  are 
celebrating  the  November  birth  of  their  first  child, 
Julie  Nicole...  Completing  this  list  of  birth  an- 
nouncements is  our  own.  Jim  and  I  are  enjoying 
Andrea  Kathleen,  born  in  October.  She  joins  Jim- 
my, 4,  and  Elizabeth,  2... Whew!  Now  for  a  change 
of  pace.  Ford  Mullins  ('Cliff  to  Heights  and 
WZBC  folks)  sends  his  regards  to  many  of  the  old 
gang.  He  is  program  director  and  morning  disc 
jockey  for  K-WAVE  FM  108  in  San  Clemente,  Los 
Angeles,  and  would  enjoy  hearing  from  any 
classmates  living  or  visiting  between  Santa  Barbara 
and  Tijuana.  The  responses  to  the  "What's 
New?"  section  of  the  Alumni  Newsletter  never  got 
to  me.  If  you  sent  in  some  information  then,  please 
send  it  again  directly  to  me. 


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74N 


Beth  Docktor  Nolan 
693  Boston  Post  Rd. 

Weston,  MA  02193 


As  1985  rolls  in,  we  still  have  our  tenth  reunion 
news.  Mary  Faith  Schilling  Saavedra  and  hus- 
band planned  to  attend  the  reunion,  but  the  birth 
of  Marc  McCarthy  on  May  16  caused  a  sudden 
change  in  plans.  Marc  has  an  older  brother,  Den- 
ny, 3.  Mary  Faith  is  an  interpretor  and  translator 
for  North  Palm  Beach  county  courts  and  various 
law  firms... Katie  Furman  Boyle,  husband  Bobby, 
and  Mary  Kate  and  Robert  live  in  Golf,  IL.,  where 
they  raise  show  horses.  Katie  recently  won  first 
prize  at  a  horse  show.  Congratulations  to  Marion 
E.  Flynn  who  was  promoted  to  vice  president  in 
the  real  estate  operations  department  of  Chicago's 
Continental  Bank.  Marion  received  her  MBA  from 
Northeastern  in  1980...Kathy  Quinn  O'Shea  and 
Marty  live  in  Fairfield,  CT,  with  daughters  Ann,  4, 
and  Carrie,  2.  Kathy  works  for  the  corporate 
relocation  department  of  a  real  estate  agency.  ..Liv- 
ing and  working  in  NYC  as  an  artist  is  Terry 
Ryan... Leaving  NYC  for  Providence  is  Martha 
O'Donnell  Rogers,  husband  Charles  Jr. ,  and 
Charles  III.  Martha  is  a  vice  president  at  Tucker, 
Anthony,  in  Providence.  Charles  was  just  made  a 
partner  in  the  law  firm  of  Edwards  and 
Angell...  Robbie  Grassi  Magee  and  husband 
Michael  live  in  Rochester,  NY,  with  John,  7,  and 
Genevieve,  5.  Robbie  is  a  feelance  coordinator  for 
ad  agencies  specializing  in  fashion  photography  for 
magazines  and  newspapers... That's  all  the  reunion 
news  for  this  issue.  The  final  notes  on  the  reunion 
will  come  in  the  next  issue. 


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Heidi  S.  Brine 
24  W.  83rd  St.  Apt  1-R 
New  York,  NY  10024 
(212)  873-5543 


Greetings  and  best  wishes  for  1985.    Roger 
Saginario  is  a  personal  financial  planner  with 
IDS/American  Express.  Roger  and  wife  Mary 
recently  had  their  first  child,  Jill.  Mary  is  a 
pediatric  nurse  at  Boston  City  Hospital.  They  are 
still  in  Newton  and  would  love  to  hear  from  their 
old  classmates.  ..Hugh  Burns  was  ordained  a 
Dominican  Priest  in  1982  and  is  currently  assigned 
to  the  Archdiocese  of  Washington,  DC.  ...John 
McDonough  is  married  to  Joan  Quinlan  who  is 
now  the  governor's  Advisor  on  Women's  Issues  in 
Massachusetts... Mike  Morgan  is  working  for 
Boston  Mayor  Ray  Flynn. .  Maureen  Dezell  is 
married  to  John  Shea.  She  left  teaching  at  BU  last 
year  after  she  got  a  second  master's  degree  in  jour- 
nalism and  a  job  at  the  Boston  Business 
Journal.  Anne  Camille  Maher  has  her  own 
business  in  Woburn,  MA,  called  Chestnut  Hill 
Biotechnology  Associates,  a  firm  which  conducts 
marketing  and  performs  management  consulting  for 
companies  interested  in  biotechnology.  Her 
partner  is  Douglas  Shattick  '70.  The  'Chestnut 
Hill'  in  the  firm's  name  is  a  tribute  to  the  five  BC 
degrees  they  share  between  them!... Pat  Santangelo 
is  a  sales  representative  with  the  New  York  Con- 
vention and  Vistors  Bureau.  Pat  was  chair  of  the 
Boston  College  Young  Alumni  Club  of  New  York 
for  several  years  and  became  president  of  the 
newly-formed  BC  Club  of  New  York  in  August. 
The  new  club  merges  the  efforts  of  the  Manhattan 
Business  Group  and  the  Young  Alumni  Club;  will 
continue  sponsoring  the  business  luncheons  and 
social  events  of  the  parent  organizations;  but  will 


also  develop  a  career  assistance  network.  Alumni 
who  are  interested  in  volunteering  with  the  new 
club  can  contact  Pat  or  your  class 
correspondent.  Anne  Brosnan  and  husband  Mike 
Letterese  became  the  proud  parents  of  Christina 
Mary  on  June  8.  Mike  is  a  management  consultant 
and  Anne  is  in  reinsurance.  They  live  in  Convent 
Station,  NJ. 


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Gerald  B.  Shea 
235  Beech  Street 
Roslindale,  MA  02131 


Ann  Levenson  and  Dr.  Leon  Green  will  have  tied 
the  knot  when  this  you  read!  Ann  is  the  hardwork- 
ing assistant  director  of  BC's  Career  Center.  She 
and  Leon,  a  senior  engineer  at  Raytheon,  bought  a 
home  in  Natick.  ..Capt.  John  F.  Boyle,  USMC 
and  wife  Kate  are  the  proud  parents  of  Jonathan, 
4,  and  Colleen  Michelle,  born  Oct.  30.  John  is  sta- 
tioned at  Naval  Air  Station,  So.  Weymouth,  and 
sports  a  master's  degree  in  human  resources 
management  from  Pepperdine  University.  This 
June,  the  Boyles'  orders  will  take  them  to 
Washington,  DC... John  J.  Clarke  is  the 
Massachusetts  coastal  zone  management  director  for 
the  Office  of  the  Governor,  and  works  on  Cape 
Cod.  Eastham  is  home  for  John  and  wife 
Lynda.  Susan  Ross  Michalczyk  and  John,  '66, 
welcomed  Rachel  Elizabeth,  last  June  5.  Mean- 
while, Susan  finishes  her  doctorate  in  romance 
languages  at  Harvard  and  John  teaches  fine  arts  at 
BC.  PepsiCo,  Inc.  recently  lured  Roberto  Sucre 
away  from  Price  Waterhouse  after  eight  years.  Bob 
serves  as  international  audit  manager  at  the 
former's  headquarters  in  Purchase,  NY,  and  reports 
seeing  Mike  Quinn.  Mike  is  an  audit  manager 
for  Price  Waterhouse  in  Oklahoma  City.  ..George 
Latyszonek  and  wife  Doneen  Brennan,  '77,  live  in 
Kendall  Park,  NJ  with  Matthew,  2,  and  Andrew, 
born  Aug.  22.  George  is  manager  of  regulatory  af- 
fairs for  Bristol-Myers  Products  in  Hillsdale, 
NJ... William  and  Linda  Hammond  announce  the 
birth  of  Zachary  William  on  Oct.  20... More 
degrees!  Maureen  T.  Reddy  is  completing  her 
Ph.D.  in  English  at  the  University  of  Minnesota  on 
a  doctoral  fellowship,  and  found  time  to  help  start 
Hurricane  Alice,  a  feminist  journal,  and  serve  as  its 
second  editor.  Married  to  Doug  Best,  '75,  Maureen 
is  mother  to  Brendan  Reddy-Best,  born  Nov.  5, 
'83. ..An  L.L.M.  in  taxation  was  earned  from  BU 
Law  School  in  '83  by  Kevin  Larkin.  Kevin  reports 
that  he's  a  supervisor  for  the  John  J.  Hurley  &  Co. 
tax  department.  ..Their  firstborn,  Kaitlin  Ann,  ar- 
rived to  Mary  Ann  O'Neill  Corrigan  and  Frank 
'74,  on  Dec.  2,  '83.  The  Corrigans  reside  in 
Bridgeport,  CT     Barbara  (Kendrick)  Delmonico 
and  husband  Jed  welcomed  their  second  child, 
Patrick  Conor,  on  Dec.  6.  Patrick  joins  JD  who  is 
2.  The  family  lives  in  Syracuse,  NY...Cohasset  is 
home  for  Mary  Ambrose  Foley,  husband  Bill  and 
firstborn  Cara,  1      Richard  S.  Scarsella  was  award- 
ed the  Ben  Franklin  Award  by  Ohio  Realtor  Magazine 
for  his  article  "Stereotyping:  A  NO-NO  in  Real 
Estate",  published  last  October.  Richard  is  a 
realtor  for  Fremar  Management  Realty  Corp.  in 
Youngstown,  OH... Wishing  you  all  a  wonderful 
winter,  I  hope  to  hear  from  you  soon! 


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Kathleen  O'Brien  Murphy 
500  Johnston  Drive 
Bethelem,  PA  18017 


The  Class  has  done  its  best  to  keep  the  obstetricians 
busy  and  the  maternity  wards  populated  all  over  the 
United  States.  I  start  with  a  hearty  congratulations 
to  all  the  new  parents  and  let  fellow  classmates  in 
on  "What's  new  in  pink  and  blue".  ..Cindy  Seltzer 
Pollard  and  husband  Douglas  are  thrilled  to  an- 
nounce the  birth  of  their  second  son,  Jordan  Lee, 
on  August  4.  Doug  and  Cindy  recently  relocated 
from  New  York  to  Westboro. .  Cathy  Hutchinson 
Flanagan  and  husband  Jim  gave  birth  to  Kelly 
Kathleen  on  May  30.  Big  brother  Scott  is  three.  In 
July  they  moved  from  South  Carolina  to  Atlanta  as 
Jim's  company  opened  a  new  plant.  They  had  a 
great  time  in  Connecticut  during  the  holidays. 
Cathy  plans  to  return  to  teaching  when  the  children 
are  a  little  older.  Wayne  Moss  and  Pam  Page 
Moss  are  the  proud  parents  of  Kristen  Leslie  born 
May  18.  Wayne  is  a  manager  in  the  audit  depart- 
ment of  Seidman  &  Seidman  in  Boston.  Pam  works 
part-time  at  Electronic  Data  Systems  as  a  systems 
engineer.  They  have  moved  to  Medfield.  ..Pam 
reports  that  Wendy  Seacord  is  Kristie's  godmother. 
Wendy  is  a  special  needs  teacher  in  the  Duxbury 
school  system  and  recently  purchased  a  beautiful 
condominium  in  Marshfield.  ..Sue  Benvie-O'Brien 
and  Dan  happily  announce  the  birth  of  Brendan 
Jamieson  on  August  15.  Susan  received  a  masters 
in  science  and  computer  science  from  BU. 
last  May... Dr.  Regina  Annunziata  Niekrash 
and  Michael  announce  the  birth  of 
Margaret  in  September.  Big  sister  Anne  Marie  is 
two.  Gina  is  practicing  dentistry  on  a  part-time 
basis  when  she's  not  changing  diapers.  She  and 
Michael  live  in  Greenlawn,  NY... Charles  Herran 
and  Jeanne  Mattolese-Herran  proudly  announce 
the  birth  of  Kyle  Anderson  in  June.  Charies 
graduated  from  law  school  in  '81  and  has  been 
working  as  an  assistant  prosecuting  attorney  in 
Flint,  MI.  Jeanne  graduated  from  law  school  in 
January  '84.  At  last  report  they  were  planning  on 
leaving  Michigan  and  opening  a  law  practice  in 
Albany,  NY  as  of  the  first  of  the  year... Nancy 
Nichols  Sardella  and  husband  Bob  report  the  birth 
of  Meghan  Eileen  on  May  14.  Brother  Michael  is 
almost  three.  They  live  in  Melrose.  ..Ann  Bersani 
and  husband  Michael  Durkin  are  the  proud 
parents  of  Timothy  Francis  born  September  5.  Ann 
and  Michael  live  in  Boulder,  CO,  where  Michael  is 
the  executive  director  of  Boulder  County  United 
Way  and  Ann  was  recently  promoted  to  a  manage- 
ment position  in  the  cost  accounting  department  at 
NBI,  Inc. ..Paul  Sullivan  and  wife  Laine,  '78  grad 
school,  gave  birth  to  Brendan  Paul  on  November  6. 
Paul  is  a  sales  engineer  with  Intel  Corp...Patrica 
Honan  Carey  and  Tom  are  pleased  to  announce 
the  birth  of  Brian  Honan  Carey,  on  August  23. 
Brian  joins  Meaghan,  4,  and  Michael,  2.  The  hap- 
py family  lives  in  Dallas.  Mark  Beenie  McGuiness 
married  MaryAnne  Brenan  on  September  15  in 
Worcester.  Beenie  is  a  buyer  for  Thorn  McAn  in 

Worcester,  where  they  live.  ..Debbie  Busby  was 
promoted  to  sales  manager  of  the  consumer  pro- 
ducts group  at  Stauffer  Chemical  Company  in 
Westport,  CT.  Debbie  is  in  charge  of  marketing 
and  selling  frozen  novelty  items  and  dairy  milk 
shakes  to  the  retail  food  service  m arket . . . C arol 
Sm ay  is  employed  as  a  cardiac  rehabilitation  nurse 
specialist  and  is  living  in  Newtonville... Patricia 
Randolph  Williams  left  her  position  as  political 
and  public  relations  consultant  at  Hill  &  Knowlton 
in  Washington  to  attend  George  Washington  Law 
School.  Now  in  her  second  year,  she  resumed  her 
activities  as  a  political  consultant  for  the  Jesse 


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Jackson  campaign  and  is  a  candidate  for  her  local 
neighborhood  commission.  We'll  all  be  anxious  to 
hear  the  election  results... John  'Bud'  Leary  receiv- 
ed an  MBA  from  the  University  of  North  Carolina 
in  May  '82  and  has  been  working  for  CIGNA 
Corp.  in  Bloomfield,  CT.  He  is  assistant  product 
manager  putting  together  tax  advantaged  in- 
vestments. He  reports  that  he  was  happy  to  see  the 
Eagles  march  over  the  Tar  Heels  this  fall. ..Alex- 
ander Polosjuk  married  Mina  Moncada.  He  is  a 
migrant  education  teacher  working  with  Spanish- 
speaking  students  at  the  local  junior  high  school  in 
Oxnard,  CA.  He  is  currendy  studying  for  an 
M.Ed.  He  and  Mina  travel  to  Mexico  and  Los 
Angeles  and  enjoy  the  beaches  and  mountains. 
Diane  Barbieri  Patterson  and  husband  Jim  moved 
from  Framingham  to  Easton.  Diane  is  teaching  in 
the  Bolton  school  system.  At  last  report  they  were 
preparing  to  welcome  a  little  one  in  January.  Be 
sure  to  send  in  the  announcement... I  know  you  all 
would  love  to  hear  how  your  "old  gang"  is  doing 
eight  years  after  the  "best  years  of  our  lives,"  so 
grab  those  pens  and  jot  me  a  line  now! 


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Kathleen  Prendergast  Burpee 
408  Brodhead  St. 
Easton,  PA  18042 


First  let  me  wish  you  all  a  very  happy,  healthy 
1985... Sue  Weyrauch  has  been  teaching  overseas 
for  six  years.  She  is  in  Stuttgart,  FRG,  after  a  stint 
in  Okinawa.  Sue  spends  much  of  her  time  travel- 
ing, but  she  still  finds  time  for  swimming.  Sue  may 
relocate  to  the  states  in  the  spring.  In  the  meantime 
she  sends  a  special  hello  to  BC  pals... Paul  Rossi 
owns  and  operates  Rita's  Catering,  an  offshoot  of  a 
family  restaurant  in  Chelsea.  They  have  begun  a 
new  venture — Rita's  bakery,  cafe,  and  gourmet 
prepared  food  shops.  With  a  small  retail  front,  the 
back  of  the  house  manufactures  wholesale 
homemade  entrees  and  baked  goods  sold  in  special- 
ty food  shops  like  The  Great  Hall  in  Quincy 
Market.  ..Charles  and  Kerry  Annaloro  are  living 
in  North  Andover.  Kerry  has  been  promoted  to 
director  of  traffic  at  the  marketing  and  publishing 
firm  of  Eastern  Exclusives,  Inc.  Charlie  is  still  en- 
joying the  financial  world  as  an  account  executive 
for  Dean  Witter.  They  invite  classmates  to  stop  by 
if  in  the  area. ..Bob  O'Mahoney  has  been  pro- 
moted to  head  buyer  at  Ryan-McFadden's  Inc.  of 
NY.  He  announced  his  engagement  to  Stephanie 
Cobb  last  fall... David  Crapo  finished  law  school  at 
the  U  of  Houston  Law  Center  and  is  working  in 
Dallas  with  the  firm  of  Locke,  Purnell,  Borem, 
Lamey,  and  Neely.  David  is  one  of  the  few 
"Yankees"  in  one  of  Texas'  oldest  law  firms. ..Nan 
cy  Simpson-Banker  and  husband  Steve  live  in  Al- 
toona,  PA.  Nancy  was  appointed  assistant  director 
of  development  at  St.  Francis  College  in  Loretto, 
PA,  in  September.  Steve  teaches  speech  com- 
munication at  the  Penn  State-Altoona 
campus.  ..Peter  Crummey  is  an  assistant  town  at- 
torney in  his  hometown  of  Colonie,  NY,  and  is  also 
an  instructor  of  business  law  in  Albany.  Peter  and 
his  wife  visited  Brian  Ofria  during  the  BC  vs.  W. 
Carolina  football  weekend.  Peter  sends  best  wishes 
to  the  Bellarmine  Law  Academy  and  the  men's 
swimming  team... Congratulations  to  Barbara 
Sagliocca  on  her  marriage  to  Peter  Himler  of 
Roslyn,  NY  on  June  9.  Peter  is  a  graduate  of 
Tufts... Rosemary  Curtis  Tyskiewicz  lives  in  Man- 
chester, CT  with  her  husband  and  son  Michael. 
Rosemary  works  part-time  as  an  educational 
diagnostician  for  the  Portland,  CT  school 


system... Barbara  Snow  Zembruski  and  husband 
Richard,  '75,  announced  the  birth  of  their  first 
child,  Elizabeth  Snow,  on  April  17.  Barbara  is  vice- 
president  of  Drake  Securities  Corp.  in  Boston... Jan 
and  Karen  Esseks  Pasquale  were  delighted  with 
the  arrival  of  Michael  on  June  23.  Jan  is  working  at 
HBO  and  Karen,  at  the  time  of  writing,  was  on 
maternity  leave  from  the  ad  agency  Ogilvy  and 
Mather... Anne  Marie  Sweeney  reported  on  her 
last  six  years.  She  married  Noel  Augustyn  on 
Sept.  17,  1983... Cheryl  Benkus  was  a  bridesmaid. 
The  Augustyn's  have  a  son  Matthew  Joseph  born 
July  5.  Prior  to  maternity  leave,  Anne  Marie  prac- 
ticed law  for  the  firm  of  Forman  and  Dyess  in 
Houston,  and  then  in  Washington,  DC.  She  is  cur- 
rently an  attorney-advisor  to  the  Office  of  Hearing 
and  Appeals,  US  Department  of  Energy  in 
Washington.  Her  husband  is  associate  director  of 
the  American  Association  of  Law  Schools... Ana 
Henriques  Alosco  and  husband  Louis  announced 
the  birth  of  their  first  child,  Jennifer  Lauren  on 
Oct.  13.  Louis  is  doing  his  residency  at  Misericor- 
dia  Hospital  in  the  Bronx.  They  live  in  Brookfield, 
CT... Peter  Weisberg  and  wife  Karen  Wilcon,  '79, 
celebrated  their  fifth  wedding  anniversary  last  fall. 
With  Daniel,  3,  and  Jonathan,  six  months,  they 
reside  in  the  Orlando,  FL  area.  Peter  works  for 
Johnson  and  Johnson  advanced  care  products  divi- 
sion as  a  sales  trainer.  Karen  is  an  RN,  specializing 
in  labor  and  delivery  at  Florida  Hospital  in  Orlan- 
do...The  Weisbergs  are  in  close  touch  with  Dave 
Papandrea.  Dave  married  Barbara  Gillete  five 
years  ago.  He  and  Peter  served  as  each  others  best 
man  just  two  weeks  apart.  Dave  is  a  marketing  con- 
sultant with  WLOL  and  WDAE  radio  in  Tampa. 
Peter  and  Dave  were  looking  for  former  roommate 
Bruce  Fador  at  the  BC  vs.  Miami  game.  Bruce  is 
rumored  to  be  living  in  Ft.  Lauderdale.  ..Finally, 
Chris  Toomey,  who  was  elected  out-of-state  direc- 
tor of  the  Alumni  Association  on  the  Alumni  Ballot 
last  spring,  sends  his  thanks  to  all  who  supported 
him.  That's  all  for  now. 


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D.  Scott  Brown 
Benjamins  Path 
Pembroke,  MA  02359 


Deborah  Foss  Cox  and  husband  Steven  announced 
the  birth  of  Kristin  Michael  Cox  on  October  28. 
The  Cox  family  lives  in  Canton,  NY,  about  twenty 
minutes  from  the  Canadian  border.  Deborah  says 
the  area  is  wonderful  if  you  love  the 
out  doors...  Mark  Lewis  married  southern  belle  Joy 
Naquin  of  New  Orleans.  After  honeymooning  in 
Hawaii,  Mark  and  Joy  moved  into  their  new  home 
in  Kenner,  LA,  near  Lake  Ponchartrain.  Mark  is  a 
copier  specialist  with  IBM... August  2  is  the  birth- 
day of  Katelyn  Michelle  Thompson,  second  child  of 
Sharon  Liebermann  Thompson  and  husband 
Peter.  ..George  Kirvan  completed  his  Ph.D.  in 
analytical  chemistry  at  Purdue.  George  begins 
working  at  DuPont  in  Richmond,  VA,  in 
February... Bob  Galterio  became  the  general 
manager  of  Yonkers  Raceway  in  October.  ..Follow- 
ing several  years  of  operating  her  own  speech 
therapy  consulting  firm  in  Los  Angeles,  Nancy 
Stark  joined  the  San  Fernando  Valley  Office  of 
Coldwell  Banker  Commercial  Real  Estate 
Services... Richard  Collins  was  a  1983  graduate  of 
the  Univ.  of  Buffalo  School  of  Medicine  and  is  a  se- 
cond year  resident  at  St.  Elizabeth's  in  Boston.  Dr. 
Collins  hopes  to  return  to  his  hometown  of  Amherst 
to  establish  a  private  practice  in  internal 
medicine.  ..Patricia  Sykes  was  named  assistant  pro- 


fessor of  government  and  international  relations  at 
Clark  University  in  Worcester.  Patricia  received  her 
MA.  and  Ph.D.  degrees  from  Yale..  Mary  knoll 
priest  Paul  Ferrarone  recently  departed  for 
apostolic  witness  in  Tanzania..  Elizabeth  Emma 
Cusick  was  married  to  William  Cusick  of  Hull  in 
August.  The  Cusicks  now  live  in  Mansfield... Tim 
Vaughan  has  been  a  district  manager  for  Interna- 
tional Playtex  for  the  past  year.  Jim  says  he  lives  in 
Plono,  TX,  down  the  street  from  Victoria  Prin- 
cipal, Playtex  spokesperson  for  Jhirmack 
Shampoo.  ..John  Sheridan  lives  in  Boston  and 
works  for  Spinnaker  Software  Corp.  in 
Cambridge.  ..There's  a  great  view  of  the  July  4 
fireworks  in  D.C.  from  Vince  Nash's  townhouse. 
Vince,  a  Lt.  in  the  Navy,  is  one  of  the  48  officers 
selected  from  various  military  branches  to  be  a 
White  House  social  aid.  ..Katherine  Rondo  Lever 
and  husband  Roy  are  the  proud  parents  of 
Meredith,  born  in  September.  The  Lever's  live  in 
Auburn,  ME,  where  Katherine  works  as  a  speech- 
language  therapist... Robert  Roche  is  enjoying  his 
second  daughter,  Cassandra  Lea,  born  in  July,  and 
his  position  as  materials  manager  at  Pharmacia  Nu 
Tech...Mona  Posinoff  has  89  children.  All  of  them 
attend  the  South  End  day  care  center  where  she  is 
the  educational  coordinator.  Mona  received  her 
MA  from  Wheelock  College  last  May... Keep  those 
cards  and  letters  coming! 


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Jay  Cleary 
11  Pond  St. 
Needham,  MA  02192 
(617)  444-5785 


How  about  that  Football  team?  What  a  great 
season.  It  provided  an  opportunity  to  get  together 
and  see  how  everyone  is  doing.  Congratulations  also 
to  our  new  class  organization  which  will  be  plann- 
ing the  future  events,  including  the  fifth  reunion 
scheduled  for  May  17-19,  1985.  Details  will  follow. 
The  new  officers  are  Richard  Quinlan,  president; 
Patrick  Smith,  treasurer;  Marybeth  Pearson, 
secretary;  Anne  Baccari,  vice-president  A&S;  Nan- 
cy Wilson,  vice-president  SOE;  Mark  Rhomberg, 
vice-president  SOM;  Martha  Daly,  vice-president 
SON;  and  the  co-chairs  of  our  reunion  will  be  Jim 
Campbell  and  Brian  Voke.  A  special  thanks  also 
goes  to  Paul  Denninger  and  Paul  Vanderslice. 
Their  time  and  effort  for  the  benefit  of  our  class 
over  the  past  five  years  have  provided  the  founda- 
tion so  our  class  can  "soar  to  new  heights"... Here's 
what  other  dassmates  have  been  doing.. .Marie 
Ravelo  is  an  associate  at  the  law  firm  of  Weil,  Got- 
shal  &  Manges,  in  NYC.  She  graduated  from  For- 
dham  Law  and  is  living  in  NYC... Eric  Smith  is 
marketing  director  for  Howe  Furniture  Corporation 
of  NYC.  He  recently  obtained  an  MBA  from  the 
International  Institute  in  Geneva,  Switzerland  and 
is  living  in  Stamford,  CT... Bennett  Yee  was  pro- 
moted to  senior  manager  in  the  tax  department  and 
Mark  Thompson  was  promoted  to  manager  in  the 
audit  department  of  Peat  Marwick's  Boston 
office... Judith  Lee  Frantz  works  as  a  nurse  for 
Grades  K-8  in  the  Madison,  WI  school  system.  She 
is  also  the  proud  parent  of  daughter,  Keeley.  ..Joan 
Roncalli  is  working  at  UCSF  Medical  Center  in 
San  Francisco,  CA,  as  a  dinical  nurse  in  the  inten- 
sive care  unit  and  attending  the  University  of  SF  in 
the  combined  MBA — MS  program.  Mike  Doyle  is 
a  financial  planner  for  the  Equitable  Financial 
Services  Company.  He  lives  in  Medway 
with  his  wife  and  their  son  Michael  Thomas... Gina 
Laidlaw  works  for  the  March  of  Dimes  in  Norwalk, 
CT,  helping  families  with  children  who  have  birth 


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defects.  She  teaches  windsurfing  during  the  summer 
and  has  worked  on  fundraising  for  the  Nazareth 
Child  Care  Center  in  Boston.  ..Lisa  Pagliarulo  has 
been  promoted  to  manager,  company  and  com- 
munity relations  of  United  States  Surgical  Corpora- 
tion in  Norwalk,  CT.  She  lives  in  Trumbull, 
CT.  ..Patty  Prince  is  Dean  of  Students  at  Stone 
Ridge  Country  Day  School  of  the  Sacred  Heart  in 
Bethesda,  MD.Alan  Gacicia  works  for  McCor- 
mack  &  Dodge  in  Natick,  MA  and  enjoys  skiing 
and  jogging. .  David  Sorgi  is  an  attorney  at  the 
firm  of  Sullivan,  Sorgi  and  Dimmock  in  Boston  and 
attends  the  graduate  tax  program  at  BU  School  of 
Law... Richard  McLaughlin  is  VP  of  operations  for 
Fitzgeralds'  Creamery,  a  franchise  company  for 
Steve's  Ice  Cream  stores  on  Cape  Cod.  He  hopes 
to  see  all  his  old  friends  from  the  Finance  Academy 
at  the  reunion.  Ondine  Marotti  is  a  commodities 
trader  for  Bear,  Stearns  &  Company  in 
NYC. ..Karen  Dania  is  a  tax  associate  for  Coopers 
and  Lybrand  in  Philly.  ..Mitchell  Robins  started 
his  own  real  estate  firm,  The  Robbins  Group, 
specializing  in  commercial  real  estate 
services... Steve  Balsamo  is  in  his  third  year  of 
medical  school  at  New  England  College  of 
Osteopathic  Medicine  in  Maine...  Ingrid  Akerblom 
lives  in  La  Jolla,  CA,  and  is  working  towards  a 
Ph.D.  in  Biology  at  the  University  of  California  at 
San  Diego... Jay  Manning  has  "taken  the  show  on 
the  road"  to  Davenport,  Iowa  where  he  has  about  a 
year  left  at  Palmer  College  of  Chiropractic.  He 
would  like  to  hear  from  any  of  the  "Mad  Boys"  of 
Mod  21-A... Linda  Willard  Powell  is  working  for 
the  Derry  Visiting  Nurse  Association  in  NH  and 
starting  an  MS  in  education  and  human  services  at 
New  England  College... Bill  Kickham  is  finishing 
his  third  year  of  law  school  at  Suffolk  ..Bob  Norbs 
and  Kathlyn  Beaudry  Nowak  live  in  Newton.  Bob 
has  a  few  more  courses  at  Babson  for  an  MBA  and 
Kathlyn  is  finishing  an  MS  in  nursing  at  BU.Jim 
Hill  is  back  in  Boston  after  two  years  in  Germany. 
He  is  working  at  Harvard  University  Widener 
Library  and  continuing  graduate  studies  in  com- 
parative literature.  Diane  Thibodeau  Scali  an- 
nounced the  birth  of  Justin  John.  ..Lisa  Brown  and 
Marty  Sheehan  were  married  in  Bethesda,  MD. 
Classmates  Ed  Barnes  and  Peter  Tuohy  were 
ushers.  In  attendance  were  John  Gleason,  Matt 
and  Jane  Kane,  Tom  and  Katy  Lamb,  Mike 
Brosnan  and  Patty  Noles  Moynihan.  Katie 
Schmitt  Root  gave  birth  to  Katherine  on  St. 
Patrick's  Day  '84.  Katie  is  working  as  a  chemical 
technician  in  research  for  Eastman  Kodak  in 
Rochester,  NY. ..Leslie  Vensel  graduated  from 
Cornell  Medical  School  and  is  doing  an  internship 
and  residency  in  internal  medicine  at  The  New 
York  Hospital.  She  recently  married  Bill  Mayo- 
Smith,  a  classmate  at  Cornell.  They  spent  their 
honeymoon  in  Bolivia  hiking  in  the  Andes. .  Steve 
Johnson  and  Cathleen  O'Connell,  '81,  were  mar- 
ried and  honeymooned  in  the  Greek  Islands. 
Classmates  in  the  wedding  party  included  Rich 
Cook,  Billy  O'Connell  and  Susan  Dowling, 
'81. ..Susan  Habib  and  Bernard  Piccione  were 
recently  married    They  live  in  Norwood.  ..Beth 
Loughlin  Bradley  is  on  maternity  leave  from  her 
job  as  administrative  assistant  at  the  Boston  law 
firm  of  Ricklefs  &  Uehlein,  as  she  and  husband 
Tom  care  for  their  new  arrival.  Margaret  Christ 
Fiset  and  Richard  Fiset  have  moved  back  to 
Boston  from  DC.  Margaret  is  a  community  health 
nurse  and  Rick  is  a  dentist. .  Judith  Valzania  Roy 
and  husband  Michael  proudly  announced  the  birth 
of  their  first  child,  Caitlin  Elizabeth.  Joan  Scott 
married  Leland  Barron.  Joan  is  working  at 
Wheaton  College  in  Norton,  MA.    Lou  Taylor  and 
Tammy  Mathias  were  married  last  June  in 
Chicago.  A  strong  BC  contingent  was  in  atten- 


dance. Lou  is  finishing  an  MBA  from  the  Amos 
Tuck  School  at  Dartmouth.  ..Joyce  Breda  married 
Michael  D'Angelo.  Michael  is  an  attorney  practic- 
ing in  Amherst,  NH,  and  Joyce  is  a  commercial 
underwriter  for  the  New  Hampshire  Insurance  Co. 
They  reside  in  Manchester,  NH,  and  look  forward 
to  seeing  fellow  classmates  in  the  area. .Susan 
Lyons  Smith  married  Ed  Smith  '79.  Susan  is  a 
programmer  analyst  at  the  Federal  Reserve  Bank  of 
Boston  and  they  live  in  Norwood,  MA..  .Kathleen 
Ryan  Noonan  married  Kevin  Noonan.  They  reside 
in  Westtield,  NJ,  where  Kathleen  is  a  teacher. 


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Alison  Mitchell  McKee 
1 134  Llewellyn  Ave. 
Norfolk,  VA  23507 


As  we  make  plans  for  our  approaching  fifth  year 
reunion,  please  let  me  know  if  you  have  any  sugges- 
tions for  reunion  events... Susan  Brown  Madden 
and  Jerry  '79,  had  a  second  child,  Kristin 
Elizabeth,  in  September  and  live  in  Concord,  NH 
with  their  son,  Kevin  Jerome.  Susan  is  a  nurse  in 
the  pediatric  unit  of  Concord  Hospital. ..Elisa  Volk 
married  William  O'Connor  in  November.  Elisa 
works  for  a  pharmaceutical  company  in 
Tewksbury.  ..Rose  Huba  is  an  occupational 
therapist  in  Tarrytown,  NY  and  recently  returned 
from  trips  to  Africa  and  China  .  Kathryn  Lynch 
works  at  Mass  Genera]  Hospital  in  Boston. ..Mary 
Cullin  is  a  human  resource  administrator  for  Wang 
Laboratories  and  attended  Northeastern  U.'s  MBA 
evening  program.  John  and  Darryl  Lucke  live  in 
Lakewood,  NJ.  John  was  promoted  to  account 
manager  with  Ambassador  Cards.  Darryl  works 
part-time  as  a  marketing  assistant  when  she's  not 
taking  care  of  son,  Michael... Alan  Milinazzo  and 
Anne  '83  welcomed  Emily  Ann  in  July.  Alan  is  a 
sales  manager  for  American  Hospital  Supply  in  Los 
Angeles.  Joanne  Ward  Fitzgerald  and  husband 
Cliff,  a  college  professor,  live  in  Norwood,  MA. 
Joanne  is  a  nurse  at  Westwood  Lodge 
Hospital.  Gay  Chadbourne  and  Dave  Canepa  are 
engaged  to  be  married  in  May.    Peter  Hoyt  is 
engaged  to  Peggy  Rice  '80.    Pete  Girolamo  is  a 
CPA  with  Ernst  &  Whinney  in  Hackensack,  NJ 
and  is  attending  NYU.  business  school.  From 
January  to  June,  Pete  will  be  studying  in  England 
through  a  foreign  exchange  program ..  Joe  Kayne 
passed  the  Illinois  bar  and  is  practicing  law  in 
Chicago.  ..Marina  Moyer  lives  in  Salem,  MA  and 
teaches  school...  Best  wishes  to  Ellen  Redmond 
and  Eddie  Farrell  who  will  marry  in  June!  ...The 
Class  of  '81  extends  its  congratulations  to  Doug 
Flutie  and  the  Eagles  for  a  tremendous  season!. .1 
hope  to  hear  from  you  all  soon! 


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Nancy  Gorman 
28  Gerald  Road 
Brighton,  MA  02135 
(617)  782-2112 


Boston  College  football  fever  was  running  wild  a 
few  months  ago.  Saw  a  lot  of  82er's  down  at  the 
Cotton  Bowl  and  a  wild  New  Year's  Eve  was  had 
by  all.  There  was  more  maroon  and  gold  deep  in 
the  heart  of  Texas  than  those  cowboys  knew  what 
to  do  with.  Among  the  20,000  Eagles  down  in 
Dallas  were  Tom  Sloan  and  Alex  Piotrowski  on 
an  official  Massachusetts  Court  Employees 


package.  ..Rich  Hoey  took  some  time  off  from  Ar- 
thur Anderson  to  head  down  with  former  roommate 
Tom  Cahalane.   For  the  rest  of  you  who  have  had 
enough  of  this  football  craze,  there  are  other  hap- 
penings to  report ..  Jean  Donnelly  started  at  W. 
New  England  Law  in  Springfield  and  is  planning  a 
summer  wedding  to  Mark  Molloy    John  'Foo' 
Feudo  left  his  many  years  of  service  at  General 
Cinema  Corp.  to  take  a  job  as  an  account  exec  at 
The  Experts,  a  high-tech  consulting  firm  in 
Wellesley.  ..Other  Mod  40A  news  says  that  Dave 
Sengstaken  is  graduating  from  U.  Lowell  this  spr- 
ing and  will  be  heading  out  west  to  visit  ex-roomie 
Bruce  Pearl    Bruce  is  gearing  up  for  another  B-ball 
season  as  assistant  coach  to  Tom  Davis  at 
Stanford.  ..Gil  Boule  is  an  account  ant  at 
Healthworks  in  Lowell  and  has  purchased  a 
condo. ..Measi  Dalton  and  Jamie  O'Rourke  are 
the  proud  parents  of  Shamus.  They're  living  in 
Savannah,  GA,  where  Jamie  works  for  US 
Lines  ..Bill  Martinez  and  Cathy  Rast  announce 
the  birth  of  Christopher.  Bill  is  in  the  midst  of  his 
third  year  at  Jefferson  Medical  School.  Cathy  plans 
to  return  to  work  at  Jefferson  in  February... Mark 
Milano  and  Cheryl  Collins  are  the  parents  of 
Daniel,  born  in  July.  Mark  is  finishing  law 
school... It  seems  this  was  the  time  for  people  to 
write  who  never  have  before.  Carolyn  Pistocchi 
wrote  to  tell  us  of  her  marriage  to  Hank  Sulikowski 
last  September.  Fran  Cipriano  was  a  bridesmaid 
and  helped  Yvonne  Sandi  and  Leo  Racine  with 
the  singing.  Other  guests  included  Steve  Papazian, 
Debbie  Rosen,  Elaine  English,  Eric  Blumenthal, 
Mark  McDermott,  Maureen  Randall,  and  Dan 
Carew.  The  Sulikowskis  are  temporarily  living 
in  Marlboro  while  their  house  is  being  built 
in  Nashua,  NH.  Congrats,  Carolyn! ..  Gene 
Lara  wrote  with  news  from  San  Francisco. 
After  working  in  NJ  immediately  after  graduation, 
he  moved  back  to  CA  with  his  wife  and  two 
daughters,  Elizabeth,  2,  and  Emilie,  1.  He  is  now  a 
distribution  manager  for  Macy's.  In  March  of  '84, 
he  visited  Japan  and  met  his  in-laws  for  the  first 
time.  Steve  Pottier  just  made  his  regular  16-month 
visit  to  CA  and  Gene's  house.  He  is  working  in  his 
hometown  of  Tulsa  as  a  financial  analyst  for  the 
electric  company.  After  passing  the  CPA  exam,  he 
began  a  part-time  teaching  position  at  a  local  junior 
college.  Sounds  like  you  two  have  really  been 
busy... Charlie  D'Atri  sent  me  the  update  on 
Hillside  B-34.  Ed  Storey  has  forsaken  the  jet  set 
life  of  FL  and  the  Cape  to  settle  in  Sudbury  with 
Dave  Canavan  .  Mark  Remojjo  is  engaged  to  his 
hometown  sweetheart,  Lisa  Wright. .  Kevin  Shan- 
non is  climbing  the  ladder  in  the  record  industry. 
He  has  taken  a  job  as  regional  sales  coordinator  for 
CBS  in  Chicago.  Kevin  is  new  to  the  area  so  make 
sure  to  look  him  up... Charlie  D'Atri  returned  from 
a  week  of  meetings  in  Toronto  with  a  taste  for  that 
Canadian  ale.  Looks  like  he's  quite  a  success  story, 
having  bought  his  own  house  in  Natick.  Good  luck 
and  thanks  for  the  letter     Jane  Fisher  wrote  that 
former  roommate  Barbara  Mello  married  Frank 
Martino,  a  Northeastern  grad,  last  year.  Recently, 
Jane  attended  the  christening  of  their  new 
daughter,  Lianne     Andrea  Bassi  is  another  first- 
time  writer.  She  left  Saks  Fifth  Avenue  to  join  her 
father's  business.  She's  now  applying  her  merchan- 
dising talents  at  Arroway  Car  Dealership  in 
Katonah,  NY.  If  you're  in  the  market  for  a  new 
Peugeot,  give  her  a  call.  On  June  9,  Andrea  mar- 
ried Stephen  Aldridge,  and  I've  heard  from  at  least 
five  newlyweds  that  this  had  to  be  the  hottest  day  of 
the  year.  Those  who  came  out  for  the  wedding  in- 
cluded Shelly  Gallagher,  Mary  Pratt,  Katie  Nutt, 
Peter  Lipsky,  Lisa  Kennedy,  and  Nancy  Beck.  An- 
drea and  her  husband  are  preparing  to  relocate  to 
Europe  for  two  years.  London  is  the  first 


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stop  and  then  Hamburg,  West  Germany.  Andrea, 
make  sure  and  send  me  a  postcard  so  we  can  keep 
up  on  your  travels.  ..Lynn  Arckikowski  Dupont 
recently  bought  a  home  with  her  husband  Louis. 
She  works  as  an  emergency  room  staff  nurse     Dar- 
rell  Mook  is  in  his  third  year  at  BC  Law.  He's  just 
been  appointed  to  the  Governor's  Juvenile  Justice 
Committee.  Upon  graduation,  Darrell  will  be  work- 
ing for  the  firm  of  Burns  and  Levenson  and  is 
ready  to  take  on  any  case... John  Murphy  is  enroll- 
ed in  the  legal  education  program  at  Northeastern 
University  ...Terry  Swenney  attends  Seton  Hall 
Law  School,  after  previously  working  on  Wall  St. 
with  a  brokerage  firm.  Though  he  has  over  two 
years  to  go,  Terry  is  ready  to  accept  fees  from 
anyone  wishing  to  obtain  his  services.  .Rich  Chicas 
was  appointed  public  affairs  officer  aboard  the  USS 
Puget  Sound,  flagship  for  the  6th  fleet.  Rick  will  be 
stationed  in  Gaeta,  Italy,  60  miles  south  of  Rome, 
through  next  year.  ..Rochelle  O'Gorman  married 
Patrick  Flynn  two  years  ago.  She  is  currently 
film  critic  at  WXKS-FM,  KISS  108,  at  5  suburban 
newspapers,  and  the  special  sections  editor  at  TAB 
newspapers... Timothy  Fahey  is  finishing  his 
masters  in  geology  at  the  University  of  Buffalo. 
That's  my  hometown,  Tim.  How  do  you  like  those 
Buffalo  chicken  wings  and  Genesee  Beer?  Tim  is 
moving  to  Las  Curces,  New  Mexico  and  getting 
married  in  December.  He's  looking  to  become  in- 
volved in  the  Space  Shuttle  program.  Keep  us 
posted.  ..Barbara  Peters  completed  her  first  year  of 
med  school  at  the  N.E.  College  of  Osteopathic 
Medicine  in  Biddeford,  ME... Debbie  Wood  was 
promoted  to  a  marketing  software  consultant  at 
Medical  Technology,  Inc.  Her  territory  is  the 
southeast  US  and  the  Orient..  Donna  Girard  mar- 
ried Randy  Bemont  in  October  '83... Ellen 
McGuire  was  one  of  Donna's  bridesmaids.  Donna 
is  working  for  the  Hartford  Insurance  Group  in 
equity  products  ...Robert  O'Connor  married  Linda 
Bozyur  in  September  and  is  working  as  an  assistant 
media  planner  at  NW  Ayer  in  NYC.  The  O'Con- 
nors live  in  Stamford,  CT.Mark  Clausen  was 
awarded  a  graduate  fellowship  by  Suffolk  U.  to 
earn  his  MBA.  Mark  is  living  in  Waltham  with 
Dave  Paliotti.  Debra  Poisson  is  working  as  an  of- 
fice manager  in  a  doctor's  office  in  Quincy    In  her 
free  time,  Debra  has  established  her  own  computer 
typing  service... Marty  O'Hea  left  his  wild  lifestyle 
behind  in  NJ  when  he  settled  in  Santa  Ana,  CA. 
He  would  like  everyone  to  know  that  he  is  enjoying 
the  beaches,  but  misses  Mike  Kerber,  Jim  Moran, 
and  Karen  Wilson      Michael  DeRosa  married 
Nancy  McGirk,  '83,  last  June  at  St.  Ignatius  and 
had  a  wonderful  honeymoon  in  Hawaii.  Guy 
Gallcllo  was  best  man.  The  DeRosas  live  in 
Amherst  where  Mike  is  working  towards  his  Ph.D. 
in  analytical  chemistry. ..Received  a  nice  note  from 
Donna  Bernardo  as  she  worked  the  night  shift  in 
the  maternity  ward  of  Mt.  Auburn  Hospital.  On 
June  10.   Donna  married   |<>e  Vaudo.  They  live  in 
Arlington.  Leslie  Dwycr  is  an  assistant  buyer  at 
Jordan  Marsh  and  is  living  in  Charlcstown.  ..Pam 
Wilke  is  working  for  MCI  in  Hartford.  Pat  Cor- 
coran is  living  in  Detroit  where  he  works  for  US 
Lines.. .Kathy  Kasper  wrote  with  a  correction  from 
last  issue.  Cheryl  Fontero  works  for  Kirsi  liner 
Inc.,  not  Special  K... Keith  Wind  sent  word  from 
the  nation's  capital.  He's  finishing  a  masters  in  in- 
ternational affair:   at  George  Washington  U.  He's 
had  some  very  unique  experiences  as  an  employee 
in  the  state  deptartiiient    He  just  returned  from 
trips  to  Europe  and  the   I   ii    Easl  where  he  handled 
administrative  advance  work  foi  Reagan  .m<l  bush. 
though  he  would  like  il  made  known  that  he  voted 
foi  the  other  party  in  the  past  eleel He  current- 
ly works  in  the  defi  n  i   depai  I  men!  's  24-hour  crisis 


watch. .  .Thanks  to  everyone  for  so  many  letters  and 
Christmas  cards.  I  wish  I  could  write  you  all  back. 
I  know  there's  probably  hundreds  of  you  I  didn't 
see  in  Dallas,  so  drop  me  a  line  and  tell  us  about 
your  trip.  It's  your  letters  that  make  this  the  best 
column  in  the  Boston  College  Magazine,  so  keep 
writing.  Next  deadline  is  in  March. 


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Cynthia  Bocko 

7 1  Hood  Road 

No.  Tewksbury,  MA  01876 

(617) 851-6119 


My  mailbox  and  I  were  thrilled  at  the  tremendous 
response  to  Class  Notes  this  time  around.  Here's 
the  latest... It  is  with  deep  regret  that  I  write  about 
the  death  of  Ed  Huber,  who  was  a  student  at 
Villanova  Law  School    Paula  Mikutowicz,  a  fellow 
student  at  Villanova,  sent  word  that  a  scholarship 
based  on  leadership  abilities  has  been  established  in 
Eddie's  name  and  will  be  presented  to  a  first  year 
law  student  every  year  at  Villanova.  Over  $1000 
has  been  raised  thus  far  and  fellow  '83ers  can  con- 
tribute by  writing  to  the  Ed  Huber  Scholarship 
Fund,  c/o  Student  Bar  Association,  Villanova  Law 
School,  Villanova  PA,  19085.  The  Huber  family 
and  the  fund  organizers  greatly  appreciate  your 
contributions  and  prayers.  ..Career-related  news 
follows.  Cathy  Chermol  is  putting  her  communica- 
tions/economics degree  to  good  use  as  assistant  pro- 
ducer/director of  Wall  Street  Week,  PBS's  top- 
rated,  nationally  syndicated  television  show. ..John 
B.  Dunn  is  teaching  Spanish  at  BC  High  and  is 
also  a  freshman  hockey  coach... Gael  Evangelista 
works  at  Mass  General  Hospital  and  is  planning  for 
graduate  studies  at  Simmons  College  in  primary 
care  nursing. .  Beth  Lugaric  is  the  sole  female  of- 
ficer in  the  Energy  Group  in  Houston,  TX.  Beth  is 
enjoying  the  good  life  "in  the  land  of  cowboys  and 
barbeque  ribs"  and  is  an  active  member  of  the  BC 
Club  of  Houston. ..Mary  Krupinsky  married  Dow 
H.  Drukker,  IV  in  June  and  now  works  in  sales  for 
Union  Photo,  Inc.  Her  husband  is  a  stockbroker  for 
Mosley,  Hallquarter,  Estabrook,  and  Weeden, 
Inc.. Steve  Colabufo  moved  to  Tampa,  FL,  last 
April  and  is  now  a  geologist  with  the  consulting 
linn  of  Kirkner  and  Associates  in  Lake  Wales... An- 
drew D.  Turnbull  has  been  working  in  Concord. 
NH,  for  a  public  accounting  firm  and  plans  to  be 
married  next  September.    Jill  Bontatibus  and 
Cheryl  Garcia  are  in  Long  Beach  teaching  second 
and  first  grade,  respectively.  ..Freida  Albertini 
works  in  the  inpatient  mental  health  unit  of  the 
Dartmouth-Hitchcock  Medical  Center  in  Hanover, 
NH...You  never  know  where  you'll  find  B.C. 
grads... Since  last  January,  Lynn  Anne  Yori  has 
been  working  in  Kuwait  for  the  Danish  Dairy 
Federation.  ..Dennis  Wiklund  is  expanding  his 
horizons  south  of  the  equator  with  a  Rio  de  Janeiro 
export  firm. ..Monica  Morell  explored  the  Inca 
ruins  in  the  Andes  earlier  ihis  year.  Back  in  the 
everyday  world,  she  is  the  assistant  personnel 
manager  at  the  Dunfey  Howard  Johnson  Hotel  in 
Newton.  Monica  says  "hi"  to  Chris  Fesl in    James 
E.  Briggs  is  completing  his  second  year  in  the  B(  I 
International  Volunteer  Program  and  is  teaching  at 
Si    John's  College,  Belize  City,  Central  America. 
Jim  plans  to  attend  gradual e  school  next 
year. ..John  B.  McLaughlin  is  serving  a  second 
year  with  the  Jesuit  Volunteer  Corps  and  is  cut 
rcntly  associate  director  of  Dismas  House  in 
Nashville,  a  residence  !<>i  former  prisoners.. .Pam 
Mcdciros  works  at  Spinnaker  Software  in  Cam- 
bridge. .  .Marilyn  Ciancola  is  a  staff  nurse  at  Beth 
Israel     Bob  Mucci  sells  advertising  foi  Deta  Train 


mg  and  Data  News,  a  computer  magazine.  ..Barbara 
Braun  is  back  in  Boston  at  the  Bank  of  New 
England.  Jim  Pappas  is  a  broker  at  Dean  Witter 
in  Burlington     Jon  Thibodeau  works  at  the 
Westminster  Digital  plant  ..Kip  Gregory  relocated 
to  Connecticut  where  he  works  for  Compucard,  a 
computer  sales  company. .  Leila  Whalen  works  in 
New  York  at  Merrill  Lynch  and  Mary  McCarthy 
is  at  Doubleday  in  that  city... Dan  Ostertag  is  af- 
filiated with  The  Architects'  Collaborative  in  Har- 
vard Square  as  a  computer  programmer.  ..And  yet 
another  success  story.  Sharleen  Carrico  is  assistant 
vice-president  of  Warren  Realty  Services,  Inc.  in 
Bellevue,  Washington,  and  is  looking  forward  to 
visiting  Boston  friends  at  Kim  Ladd's  wedding 
next  year... Congratulations,  Jennifer  Gooding,  on 
your  promotion  to  marketing  specialist  in  the  soft- 
ware division  of  DC.  Heath  Publishing.  Con- 
gratulations to  Paul  Zdanek  on  your  promotion  to 
region  account  manager  at  Whitehall  Labs  in 
Maryland     Paul  S.  Dewey  is  employed  at  E.F. 
Hutton  and  his  wife,  Helen  Hanson,  is  an  RN  at 
University  Hospital.  At  their  May  wedding  was 
Mary  Waldron,  who  plans  to  be  married  in 
January.  Ann  R.Johnson  married  Don  Fienman, 
'79,  in  a  September  garden  wedding... Carol 
Rosander  and  Bart  A.  Hanlon,  III  were  married  in 
October  and  reside  in  Andover.Maryanne 
O'Connor  and  Tom  Ouellet  said  "I  do"  in 
June     Terry  Greene  wed  Steven  Hodge  in 
September.  ..Ellen  Mouzon  married  her  hometown 
sweetheart,  Scott  Fraser,  last  July.  ..Wedding  bells 
rang  for  Cathy  Gilbertie  and  Jim  Knipper  who 
now  live  in  West  Germany... Toni  Lux  and  Todd 
Nelson  tied  the  knot  in  October  '83  and  are  expec- 
ting a  baby  in  March... Sue  Bousa  found  her  "of- 
ficer and  gentleman"  in  Europe  and  is  planning  a 
June  wedding.  Jim  English  and  Barbara  Gowan 
will  also  marry  next  June.  ..And  now,  back  to 
school.  Jeri  Nicosia  is  in  grad  school  at  WPI  for 
biomedical  engineering.  ..Bob  Kosik  was  selected 
for  the  George  Washington  Law  Review  for 
1984-86.  Bob  is  a  trustee  scholar  at  the  George 
Washington  University  National  Law  Center  in 
Washington,  DC. ..In  sunny  California,  Sue 
Papuga  is  at  San  Diego  State  University  for  a 
masters  in  speech/language  pathology.  ..Liz  Vilece 
is  studying  international  management  at  Thunder- 
bird  University  in  Arizona.  ..Pat  Brown  is  in  his 
first  year  at  St.  Louis  Law  School...  On  a  creative 
note,  Laurie  Del  Guercio  keeps  busy  as  director  of 
development  for  the  New  Jersey  Shakespeare 
Festival  and  as  founder  and  director  of  the  North 
Jersey  Summer  Dance  Ensemble... Mark  Matthews 
says  that  he's  "getting  better  kxiking  every 
day". ..Rich  Henkels  is  happily  employed  at 
KULA-TV  in  El  Paso  as  a  sports  reporter.  Rich, 
do  all  those  groupies  make  you  feel  like  Doug 
Flutie?.  ..Second  Lieutenant  Tom  Sliney  has  been 
spied  white  water  rafting  and  rapelling  in  the 
Bavarian  Alps.  Tom  also  took  a  jaunt  to  Ireland  for 
a  family  reunion. . .Toot-a-loo!  Don't  hesitate  to 
write  or  call! 


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( '.mil  Bat  lawski 

29  Beacon  Hill  K<l 

W.  Springfield,  MA  01089 

(413)  737-2166 


Happy  New  Year!  I've  received  a  lot  of  letters  since 
the  lasi  issue.   Al  Saavedra  is  a  sales  rep  in 
employee  benefits  at  CIGNA  in  Springfield... Mike 
Vitalc  is  at  UCnnn  Dental  School.  Maureen 
Callum  is  a  management  trainee  in  accounting 
systems  in  the  information  resources  department  at 


"il 


NYNEX  in  Lynn.  .1  received  a  nice  letter  from 
Maria  Pistorino.  Thanks  Maria!  Here's  the  news 
she  gave  me.  After  graduation  Janet  Barth,  Lisa 
Cicolini  and  Maria  spent  the  summer  in  Chatham. 
Janet  is  now  a  math  teacher  at  Acton- Boxboro  High 
School  and  Lisa  is  a  marketing  representative  for 
Cullinet  Software  in  Westwood.  As  for  the  rest  of 
Mod  30A,  Betsy  Fenton  is  working  as  a  financial 
planner  in  the  marketing  department  of  Johnson 
and  Johnson  in  NJ.  After  spending  the  month  of 
June  in  Europe,  Suzanne  Troy  is  working  as  a 
sales  rep  for  Pitney  Bowes... Also  doing  a  little 
traveling  in  Europe  after  graduation.  Heather  Con- 
cannon  is  working  for  a  law  firm  in  Boston  ..Joan 
Cahalane  is  an  admissions  rep  for  Fisher  Junior 
College.  ..Maureen  Crehan  works  for  Fidelity  in 
Boston.    Bethany  Canniff  is  engaged  to  Brian 
Brennan  who  is  playing  professional  football  for  the 
Cleveland  Browns.  A  June  wedding  is 
planned.    Charlie  Galligan  works  for  Digital  in 
West  borough.  Mark  Preskenis  is  in  sales  at  E  &  J 
Gallo.  Mark  lives  in  Huntington  Beach,  CA... Ken- 
ny Fogarty  works  for  Raytheon  on  Long 
Island.  Pat  Lee  works  at  his  father's  real  estate  of- 
fice in  Waltham      Robin  Antonellis  is  at  the  Bank 
of  Boston,  working  in  the  trust  department.  Lisa 
Martignone  is  a  systems  analyst  at  Digital.  Lisa 
lives  in  Waltham..    Val  Lampros  is  a  software 
enginner  for  GTE  in  Burlington. .  Eddie  Rauseo 
and  Danny  Griffin  live  in  Utica,  NY,  and  play 
hockey  with  hopes  of  being  called  to  the  A.H.L. 
Best  of  luck  to  both  of  you!  ...Jack  Giglio  and  Jim 
Drew  are  at  Tufts  Dental  School... Randy  Howard 
is  a  2nd  lieutenant  in  the  U.S.  Army  stationed  at 
Fort  Bragg,  NC  where  he  is  in  charge  of  a  platoon 
of  medics.  Randy  is  engaged  to  Susan  Ghidella    A 
June  1  wedding  is  planned.  Anthony  Sasso  is  a 
staff  sergeant  in  the  U.S.  Air  Force  and  will  be  at- 
tending officer  training  school  in  January.  Upon 
completion,  he  will  be  a  commissioned 
officer.    Mary  Beth  Heroux  is  employed  by  Woon- 
socket  Savings  &  Trust  as  a  manager  trainee.  Mary 
Beth  and  Brett  Quinn  are  engaged  to  be  married 
on  May  26. ..Now  living  in  Dover,  Terrence  Cur- 
tin  is  a  financial  planning  agent  at  Equitable  Finan- 
cial Services.  ..Deborah  Leong  is  an  associate  soft- 
ware engineer  at  Raytheon  in  Portsmouth,  RI.  She 
recently  received  the  Distinguished  Young  Leader- 
ship Award  and  was  appointed  section  represen- 
tative for  the  L'nited  Way  at  Raytheon's  combat 
software  development  department  of  the  submarine 
signal  division.  Jack  Salerno  is  a  systems  engineer 
for  IBM  in  NYC.  After  graduation,  Jack  and  John 
Clavin  toured  eight  European  countries  in  six 
weeks.  Jack  also  ran  with  Jeff  Keith  through  CT, 
NY  and  NJ  on  his  cross-country  run... Tony 
Benoit  is  a  customer  service  representative  for  L.L. 
Bean,  Inc.  ..Congratulations  to  Chris  Mullen  for 
his  award-winning  essay  which  was  read  at  the 
dedication  ceremony  for  the  O'Neill  Library.  Chris' 
essay  appeared  in  the  last  issue  of  this  magazine. 
Tied  for  runners-up  were  Eileen  Donovan  and 
Theresa  Dougal  . Tor  those  of  you  who  haven't, 
please  write! 


EVENING 
COLLEGE 

Jane  T.Crimlisk,  '74 
113  Sherman  Road 
Chestnut  Hill,  MA  02167 

Received  a  very  nice  note  from  Fr.  Robert  Nagle 
'58  who  shared  with  me  his  reflections  on  the  even- 
ing school  and  that  much  of  what  he  is  today  is  due 


to  the  scholastic,  and  yet  caring,  program  which 
took  work  schedules  into  consideration.  He  has  a 
Ph.D.;  was  a  former  diocesan  superintendent  of 
schools  in  Washington,  DC;  and  is  currently 
pastor  at  St.  Mary's  Church  in  Maryland.  He  at- 
tributes his  happiness  in  ministry  to  his  BC  Evening 
College  experience..  Maeve  O'Reilly  Finley  '59 
serves  on  the  board  of  directors  of  the  Erie  Society 
of  Boston.  Maeve  is  the  second  VP  of  the  Delta 
Kappa  Gamma  Society- RHO  chapter  and  also  does 
color  slide  presentations  on  the  Soviet  Union, 
Iceland,  Australia,  Ireland  and  Hong  Kong.  Maeve 
lectures  to  educational  and  civic  groups  as  well  as 
being  an  author  and  educator  with  the  Newton 
public  schools.  David  Hasenfus  '65  has  been 
elected  chairman  of  the  1987  US  area  Y's  men's 
convention  which  will  be  held  at  the  Copley  Plaza 
Hotel  in  Boston.  Dave  is  the  regional  director  for 
the  New  England  and  New  York  states  and  works 
for  those  clubs  who  assist  their  YMCA... Elizabeth 
Harmann  '67  represented  the  USA  during  the 
1984  International  Study  Program  for  Youth  and 
Social  Work  specialists  in  the  Federal  Republic  of 
Germany.  Fifteen  specialists  from  fourteen  countries 
were  guests  of  the  Gennan  government  during  the 
three-month  exchange.  Following  the  program, 
Elizabeth  and  her  five  children  traveled  through 
Germany  to  Portugal  and  to  Ireland  before  return- 
ingtotheUS..  Joe  Millette  '70  wishes  to  say  hello 
to  all  his  classmates.    Russell  Castonguay  '74  is 
assistant  reference  librarian  at  the  Clifton  M. 
Brakensiek  Public  Library  in  Bellflower,  CA,  which 
is  part  of  the  Los  Angeles  county  public  library 
system.  Russ  has  recently  authored  a  book  entitled 
A  Comparative  Guide  to  Classification  Schemes  for  Local 
Government  Document  Collections. . . Paul  Gladis  '80  is 
employed  at  the  Mass  Hospital  School,  which  is  a 
residential  school  for  children  with  muscular 
dystrophy,  spina  bifida,  cerebral  palsy  and  spinal 
cord  injuries.  Paul  plans  to  begin  working  on  a 
masters  in  human  services.  Good  luck, 
Paul... Charles  Plaid  '81  is  employed  by  Hyatt 
Hotels  Corp.  Congratulations  are  in  order  as 
Charlie  was  promoted  to  director  of  personnel  at 
the  Hyatt  Regency,  Lexington,  Kentucky. ..I  wish 
all  of  you  God's  blessings  in  1985.  Keep  in  touch. 


LAW 
SCHOOL 

Boston  College  Law  School 
885  Centre  Street 

Newton,  MA  02159 

Eugene  J.  Ratto  '51,  formerly  counsel  for  John 
Hancock  Mutual  Life  Insurance  Company  in 
Boston,  was  elected  vice  president  and  counsel, 
mortgage  and  real  estate  law... Michael  A.  Duggan 
'56,  a  professor  of  business  law  and  computer 
sciences  with  the  University  of  Texas,  received  a 
certificate  of  merit  for  twelve  years  of  service  as  an 
administrative  judge  with  the  Atomic  Licensing  and 
Safety  Board  Panel  of  the  US  Nuclear  Regulatory 
Commission.  Philip  Cahalin  '57,  a  partner 
with  the  Boston  firm  Peabody  &  Arnold,  formerly  a 
senior  vice-president  in  charge  of  State  Street 
Bank's  metropolitan  division,  was  appointed  to  the 
board  of  directors  of  the  Patriot  Bank,  N. A... Ray- 
mond J.  Kenney,  Jr.  '58,  of  the  Boston  firm  Mar- 
tin, Magnuson,  McCarthy  &  Kenney,  was  pro- 
moted to  the  chairmanship  of  the  Massachusett's 
Client's  Security  Board. .  John  J.  Joyce,  Jr.  '68, 
formerly  the  assistant  general  counsel  for  State 


Mutual  Life  Assurance  Company  of  America  in 
Worcester,  was  elected  assistant  vice-president  and 
counsel...  Raymond  C.  Lantz,  Jr.  '69  and  Ralph 
K.  Mulford,  III  '69  have  formed  the  partnership 
of  Lantz  and  Mulford  in  New  Bedford.  John  R. 
Fornaciari  '71,  formerly  with  the  firm  of  Howrey 
&  Simon,  has  become  a  member  of  Steel,  Simmons 
&  Fornaciari  in  Washington,  D.C.  John  M. 
Hurley,  Jr.  '71,  formeriy  associate  general  counsel 
for  GenRad,  Inc.  in  Concord  has  been  appointed 
general  counsel. ..Thomas  F.  Maffei  '71  of  the 
Boston  firm  Choate,  Hall  &  Steward  was  appointed 
to  a  four-year  term  on  the  board  of  Board  of  Bar 
Overseers  by  the  justices  of  the  Massachusetts 
Supreme  Judicial  Court.  Katherine  M.  Galvin 
'74  is  author  ol  the  book  A  Legal  Handbook  for  the 
Working  Journalist. .  .Richard  G.  Kent  '75  of  the 
Southport,  CT  firm  of  Kleban,  Samor,  Perles,  Dar- 
dani,  Silvestro  and  Saft,  P.C.  is  serving  as  chair- 
man of  the  Connecticut  Bar  Association's  young 
lawyers  division     David  C.  Weinstein  '75,  former- 
ly with  PruCapital,  Inc.,  is  now  senior  legal  counsel 
with  the  Fidelity  Management  and  Research  Com- 
pany in  Boston.    Richard  M.  Stein  '76  became  a 
member  of  the  Boston  firm  Widett,  Slater  & 
Goldman,  PC.  Willie  C.  Thompson,  Jr.  was  ap- 
pointed hearing  officer  for  the  Virginia  Department 
ol  Alcoholic  Beverage  Control.  Richard  A.  Nerse- 
sian  '77,  tormer  senior  tax  attorney  at  Exxon, 
became  vice-president  of  financial  services  in  the 
New  York  City  office  of  the  investment  banking 
firm  of  Bevill,  Bresler  &  Schulman,  Inc..  Louis  G. 
Lenzi  '78,  formerly  associated  with  Hawkins, 
Delafield  &  Wood,  joined  the  Municipal  Issuers 
Service  Corporation,  White  Plains,  NY  as  vice- 
president  and  legal  counsel  for  the  municipal 
research  department.  James  J.  Moran,  Jr.  '78, 
formerly  with  the  Boston  firm  Haussermann, 
Davison  &  Shattuck,  became  associated  with  the 
Boston  firm  Morrison,  Mahoney  &  Miller.  ..Dennis 
M.  O'Brien  '78  became  a  partner  with  the 
Washington  firm  Hamel  &  Park      R.  Brian  Snow 
'78,  engaged  in  private  practice  and  teaching 
business  and  economics  in  New  Hampshire,  was 
appointed  chairman  of  the  appellate  division  of  the 
New  Hampshire  Department  of  Employment 
Security.  Rudy  J.  Cerone  '79  became  associated 
with  McGlinchey,  Stafford,  Mintz,  Cellini  &  Lang, 
P.C.  in  New  Orleans,  LA. ..Mark  A.  Fischer  '80, 
of  the  Boston  firm  Cohen  &  Burg,  P.C.  published 
an  article  in  the  September  issue  of  Trial  entitled 
"Entertainment  Law/Computer  Law:  Converging 
Industries/Converging  Law".    Cecil  J.  Hunt  II 
'80  became  associated  with  the  Boston  firm  of 
Widett,  Slater  &  Goldman,  P.C. ..Stephen 
Westheimer  '80,  formerly  a  member  of  the  special 
prosecutions  division  in  the  Office  of  the  Attorney 
General  of  New  Mexico,  was  appointed  deputy  at- 
torney general  of  New  Mexico... Ann  Marie 
Sweeney  Augustyn  '81,  formerly  an  associate  in 
the  Houston,  TX  and  Washington,  DC.  offices  of 
Foreman  &  Dyess  has  become  an  attorney  advisor 
to  the  Office  of  Hearings  and  Appeals,  U.S. 
Department  of  Energy,  Washington,  DC.  Philip 
H.  Hilder  '81,  formerly  with  the  Chicago  firm 
Clausen,  Miller,  Gorman,  Daffrey  &  Witous,  P.C. 
was  appointed  assistant  U.S.  attorney  for  the 
southern  District  of  Texas,  Houston,  TX... Emily 
S.  Davis  '82,  formeriy  with  the  firm  Downs, 
Rachlin  &  Martin  of  St.  Johnsbury  and  Burlington, 
VT,  became  the  deputy  state's  attorney  in  Windsor 
and  Orange  Counties,  VT... Morris  Deutsch  '82, 
formeriy  with  the  U.S.  Court  of  Appeals,  is  now 
working  in  the  civil  division  at  the  Department  of 
Justice  in  Washington,  D.C. ..Jonathan  W.  Fitch 
'82,  formerly  with  the  Boston  firm  Bigham,  Dana 
&  Gould,  joined  in  the  partnership  of  Sally,  O'Con- 
nell  &  Fitch  in  Boston.  ..Edward  L.  Toro  '82 


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became  a  member  of  the  district  attorney's  office  of 
Middlesex  County  as  an  assistant  district 
attorney... Alyson  Radcliffe  Ross  '83,  recently  a 
clerk  to  the  Honorable  F.  J.  Boyle  in  Providence, 
RI,  has  joined  the  firm  of  Braudy,  Bentley  &  Fe- 
ingold,  PC.  in  New  Bedford.  ..Nancy  J.  Packer- 
Deutsch  '84  is  working  for  the  office  general 
counsel  at  the  Department  of  Education  in 
Washington,  D.C.News  from  the  Law  Alumni  is 
encouraged  concerning  projects,  honors,  promotions 
and  activities  of  interest.  Please  direct  cor- 
respondence to  Anne  C.  Peters,  Director  of  Alumni 
Relations,  at  the  address  above. 


MBA 

Cecilia  Ann  Michalik  '76 
43025  Ambridge  Court 
Northville,  MI  48167 
(313)  420-2057 

James  L.  Sullivan  '58,  president  of  the  Greater 
Boston  Chamber  of  Commerce,  was  elected  to  the 
board  of  trustees  of  Emerson  College  in 
November ...  Kurt  P.  Cummings  '79  has  been 
promoted  to  manager  in  the  international  accoun- 
ting firm  of  Deloitte  Haskins  &  Sells.  ..WCVB-TV's 
Paul  A.  LaCamera  '83,  one  of  Boston's  most 
respected  broadcasters,  has  been  promoted  to  vice- 
president,  programming  and  public  affairs.  ..M. 
Carol  Brennan  '81  has  just  been  promoted  to 
group  product  manager  within  the  Beecham 
Cosmetic  Group.  She'll  be  responsible  for  the 
fragrance  lines  Gambler,  Lady,  Single  Notes, 
Touche,  Women  and  Eau  Fresh... As  winter  winds 
down  and  before  you  start  planning  spring  ac- 
tivities, why  not  take  a  few  minutes  to  drop  me  a 
line.  Class  of  '76,  where  are  you?  Help  me  out! 


GRAD  A&S 

Dean  Donald  White 
McGuinn  Hall 
Boston  College 
Chestnut  Hill,  MA  02167 

Norma  Kornegay  Clarke,  Ph.D.,  Social 
Psychology,  '81,  is  personnel  director  of  MITRE 
Corporation,  Bedford.  She  joined  MITRE  in  1979 
as  manager  of  personnel  relations  and 
benefits... William  C.  Gay,  Ph.D.,  Philosophy,  '76, 
teaches  philosophy  at  the  University  of  North 
Carolina  in  Charlotte.  He  served  as  special  guest 
editor  for  the  most  recent  issue  of  Philosophy  and 
Social  Criticism,  and  wrote  "Myths  About  Nuclear 
War:  Misconceptions  in  Public  Beliefs  and  Govern- 
mental Plans"  that  appeared  earlier  in  the 
journal.  Haven  Bradford  Gow,  M.A.,  American 
Studies,  '75,  has  been  named  associate  editor  of 
Police  Times,  published  by  the  American  Federation 
of  Police.   He  is  also  a  columnist  for  the  Christian 
News,  Chinatown  News  and  the  Christian  Patriot  and  is 
a  Wilbur  Foundation  Literary  Fellow. ..Elizabeth 
M.  Grady,  M.S.,  Nursing,  '59,  has  been  named 
director  of  the  graduate  program  in  nursing  of 
General  Hospital's  Institute  of  Health 
Professions.  ..Therese  Madden-Connor,  M.A., 
Education,  '72,  received  her  Ph.D.  in  psychology 
from  International  College  in  California.  She  is  a 
resource  specialist  lor  the  San  Diego  (  Hv 
Schools.  Joseph  M.  McCarthy,  M.A  ,  History, 
'68,  Ph.D.,  Education,  '72,  is  the  author  of,  several 


books,  including  a  comprehensive  bibliography  of 
Teilhard  de  Chardin,  and  is  a  professor  of  educa- 
tion and  director  of  leadership  programs  at  Suffolk 
University. ..Matthew  Quinn,  Ph.D.,  Higher  Ed., 
'72,  has  been  appointed  vice  president  for  academic 
affairs  at  St.  Joseph's  University  in  Philadelphia. 
He  received  hisJ.D.  from  Fordham  University  in 
May...Regina  Pacitti,  M.A.,  Education,  '80,  is  a 
social  worker  for  the  Waltham  Public  Schools.  She 
also  won  a  local  Arts  Lottery  Grant  to  bring 
Shakespeare  performers  into  the  classroom.  James 
J.  Scannell,  Ed.D.,  Educational  Administration 
and  Supervision,  '80,  was  named  vice  president  for 
enrollments,  placement  and  alumni  relations  at  the 
University  of  Rochester.  He  was  the  director  of  ad- 
missions at  Boston  College,  and  later  dean  of  ad- 
missions at  Cornell.  ..Robert  F.  Drinan,  S.J., 
M.A.,  Philosophy,  '47  has  been  reappointed  chair- 
man of  the  American  Bar  Association  Standing 
Committee  on  World  Order  Under  the  Law.  He  is 
a  professor  of  law  at  Georgetown  University  Law 
Center,  and  former  dean  of  the  Law  School... Roger 
Corriveau,  A. A.,  M.A.,  Theology,  '77,  was  ap- 
pointed dean  of  campus  ministry,  Assumption  Col- 
lege. He  joined  the  campus  ministry  in  1979... Dr. 
Rose  Marie  Beston,  M.A.,  English,  '63,  was  ap- 
pointed president  of  Nazareth  College  in 
July... Michael  C.  Kiefer,  M.A.,  Theology,  '77, 
was  elected  to  the  board  of  directors  of  Ketchum, 
Inc.,  the  nation's  largest  fundraising  counseling 
firm. ..Nancy  Lusignan,  Ph.D.,  English,  '84,  is  an 
assistant  professor  of  English  at  Salem  State  Col- 
lege.. Reed  Woodhouse,  Ph.D.,  English,  '84,  will 
serve  as  a  lecturer  in  humanities  at  MIT  for  the 
spring  1985  term  ...John  Hampsey,  Ph.D.,  English, 
'83,  is  assistant  professor  of  English  at  Boston 
University.  ..David  Klooster,  Ph.D.  candidate, 
English,  '85,  was  appointed  director  of  the  writing 
program  and  assistant  professor  of  English  at 
DePaul  University. ..David  Anderson,  Ph.D., 
English,  '78,  assistant  professor  of  English  at  Texas 
A  &  M,  is  the  author  of  Rex  Stout,  published  by 
Ungar  Publishing.  ..Grad  A&S  is  currently  engaged 
in  long  range  planning  for  the  1990's.  We  will  be 
sending  questionnaires  to  Grad  A&S  alumni  on  a 
sample  basis  and  will  be  very  grateful  for  their 
prompt  completion  and  return. 


DEATHS 

Rev.  Patrick  J.  O'Connell  '10,  Revere,  Sept.  30 

Edward  M.  McDonough  '11,  Norwood,  Nov.  5 

Msgr.  Robert  J.  White,  EX  '15,  Old  Orchard 

Beach,  Dec.  3 

John  V.  Hession,  EX  '19,  Wellesley,  Oct.   18 

Hugh  H.  O'Regan,  Sr.  '21,  Wellesley  Hills, 

Nov.  17 

Wilfred  E.  Murphy,  EX  '21,  Melrose,  Oct.  25 

Rev.  Cletus  Mulloy,  CP  '21,  Brighton,  Oct.  13 

Thomas  M.  Herlihy,  S.J.,  EX  '22,  Chestnut  Hill, 

Oct.  24 

Christopher  J.  Duncan,  M.D.  '24,  West  Falmouth, 

Dec.   1 

Rev.  Anthony  J.  Flaherty  '24,  Boston,  Sept.  29 

Lester  E.  Callahan,  Esq.  '25,  Abington,  Nov.  26 

Theodore  E.  Brown  '26,  West  Newton,  Oct.  20 

John  J.  Donahue  '27,  Quincy,  Nov.  10 

Sr.  M.  Anna  Lawrence  Roche,  S.S.J.  GA&S  '27, 

Brighton,  Sept.  2 

William  T.  McKillop  '27,  Laconia,  NH,  Oct.  11 

Edward  F.  O'Brien,  Esq.  '28,  Chestnut  Hill, 

Oct.  18 

Dorothy  F.  Denning,  GA&S  '30,  North  Chatham, 

Nov.  27 

Jeremiah  J.  McCarthy  '30,  Dorchester,  Oct.  17 

Rev    Daniel  F.  Dwyer,  S.J.  WES  '31,  Weston, 

Sept.   15 


George  R.  Finn  '31,  Milton,  Sept.  11 

Thomas  F.  Meagher,  Sr.  '31,  West  Roxbury, 

Sept.  12 

Joseph  X.  Gleason  '32,  Quincy,  Nov.  13 

Albert  J.  O'Shea  '32,  Lynn,  Oct.  8 

Albert  F.  Landrigan,  Esq.  '33,  West  Roxbury, 

Nov.   12 

Joseph  J.  Dooley,  Sr.  '33,  Arlington,  Oct.  25 

Anthony  J.  LaCamera  '34,  Winthrop,  Nov.   19 

Leo  F.  Scully  '34,  Lowell,  Sept.  20 

Edward  R.  Butterworth,  Esq.,  L  '34,  Lynn, 

Sept.  7 

Thomas  J.  Kenney,  GA&S  '35,  Westport,  CT, 

Sept.  26 

James  F.  Droney  '37,  Lowell,  Oct.  9 

Ethel  A.  Hillen,  EC  '37,  Centerville,  Sept.  10 

Mary  J.  Dowd  Kelly,  GA&S  '38,  South  Yarmouth, 

Nov.   14 

William  A.  Carroll,  S.J.,  WES  '38,  Worcester, 

Sept.  29 

Helen  A.  Sykes  Cohen  '39,  Canton,  Oct.  21 

Charles  A.  Mclssac  '40,  Wilmington,  VT,  Nov.   10 

Walter  A.  MacDonough  '40,  Minneapolis,  MN, 

Oct.  24 

Joseph  W.  Foley  '40,  Dover,  Sept.  24 

John  E.  Daly,  III  '41,  Medford,  Dec.  1 

John  J.  Komorek,  GA&S  '41,  North  Adams, 

Nov.  28 

Peter  A.  Caulfield,  Sr.  '43,  Woburn,  Nov.  25 

Martin  J.  Greeley,  EX  '45,  Norwood,  Nov.  12 

Edward  J.  Jennings,  Jr.  '47,  Fort  Lee,  NJ,  Oct.  6 

Robert  D.  FitzGerald  '48,  Boston,  Nov.  21 

Robert  M.  Owens,  Esq.  '48,  Branford,  RI,  Oct.  16 

Paul  F.  Snyder,  Esq.,  L  '48,  Osterville,  Sept.  15 

Jesus  M.  Sanroma,  HON  '49,  Garden  Court  Guay 

NABO,  Oct.  12 

Miriam  A.  Russell  Kelly  '50,  Brighton,  Oct.  7 

Leo  P.  McGowan,  Esq.,  L  '50,  Barrington,  RI, 

Sept.  22 

John  J.  Connelly,  EC  '50,  North  Easton,  Oct.  31 

Samuel  H.  Kingston,  Jr.  '50,  Rockland,  Nov.   1 

William  J.  Sheehan,  Jr.  EX  '50,  Wakefield, 

Sept.  10 

William  E.  Corcoran,  Jr.  '51,  Burlington,  Oct.  21 

Kathleen  G.  Oxley,  GA&S  '51,  Hull,  Oct.  27 

John  F.  Schoenfeld,  '51,  Wellesley  Hills,  Oct.  15 

Sr.  Cecile  Therese  Bergeron,  FSE,  GA&S  '51, 

Leominster,  Aug.  18 

Peter  F.  Hines,  Esq.,  L  '52,  Roslindale,  Oct.  9 

Robert  J.  Noonan,  Jr.  '52,  Jacksonville,  FL, 

Sept.  13 

John  M.  Lawton,  Sr.  '53,  Randolph,  Dec.  1 

Raymond  O.  Normandin,  GA&S  '54,  Chelmsford, 

Nov.  12 

Eugene  S.  Dinan,  Jr.  '54,  Wayland,  MA,  Oct.  14 

Edward  F.  Henneberry,  Jr.  '59,  Framingham, 

Nov.   18 

Martin  B.  Roddy  '59,  Fitchburg,  July  15 

David  J.  Angelone,  Esq.  '64,  Rochester,  NY, 

April  18 

James  H.  Howard,  Jr.,  Esq.  '64,  Lexington, 

Dec.  1 

Hugo  A.  Rossi,  Jr.  '64,  Ashland,  MA,  Nov.  9 

Joseph  G.  Mansfield  '65,  Dalton,  MA,  Sept.  11 

Goldie  Crocker,  GA&S  '66,  Keene,  NJ,  Aug.  31 

Joseph  M.  Furbush  '67,  Marlboro,  Sept.  20 

Edward  J.  Sullivan,  Jr.  '67,  Medfield,  Sept.  12 

Bernard  Benson,  Jr.,  MBA  '69,  Rockford,  IL, 

Feb.  18 

Bernard  J. F.  Lonergan,  S.J.,  HON  '70,  Chestnut 

Hill,  Nov.  26 

Noel  P.  Hughes  '80,  Gloucester,  Nov.  10 

Edward  J.  Huber  '83,  Westwood,  Sept.  22 

We  incorrectly  reported  the  death  of  Mary  Beth 
Cicero  '75  in  the  Summer  1982  issue.  Ms.  Cicero 
currently  lives  in  Weymouth,  MA.  We  regret  the 
error. 


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